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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main event in Chapter 1?
(a) The crushing of the Endurance by the ice pack
(b) The death of Shackleton and the crew
(c) The sinking of the Endurance by a hurricane
(d) The final push to the pole

2. The Endurance is designed to sail with what?
(a) Sleet
(b) Ice
(c) Fog
(d) Strong winds

3. Who builds a ten-foot high cofferdam in the aft?
(a) Vincent
(b) Blackboro
(c) Edmund
(d) McNeish

4. Where was the route supposed to start from in the first expedition of Shackleton's proposed trans-Antarctic expedition?
(a) Prudhoe Bay
(b) Vahsel Bay
(c) Bay of Fundy
(d) Lake Superior

5. Where does Shackleton head for final provisioning?
(a) Buenos Aires
(b) Cape Town
(c) Boston
(d) San Francisco

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Shackleton's sailing vessel?

2. How old is Shackleton at the start of the third voyage?

3. What does the crew do during the months they are trapped?

4. Shackleton is told that the Weddell Sea is full of what?

5. What occurs in October 1915?

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