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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the crew do during the months they are trapped?
(a) Hold dances
(b) Carve wooden swords
(c) Work on routine tasks
(d) Swim in the ocean

2. Mortgaging the expedition means what?
(a) Putting up the ship and supplies as collatoral
(b) Agreeing to pay back the amount loaned or the ship could be repossessed
(c) Selling in advance the rights to whatever commercial exploitation the expedition might produce
(d) Putting the expedition into debt by buying supplies

3. What begins to build up around the Endurance that worries the men?
(a) Pressure ridges
(b) Snow banks
(c) Seal bones
(d) Graves

4. Before Shackleton renamed her Endurance, what was his ship known as?
(a) Argonaut
(b) Polaris
(c) Belfast
(d) Santa Maria

5. How old is Shackleton at the start of the third voyage?
(a) 20
(b) 40
(c) 54
(d) 33

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes the pay for individuals on the voyage?

2. After the end of February, at what task does the ship's crew work?

3. Shackleton is which of the following?

4. Where does Shackleton sail after Buenos Aires?

5. Which crew member doesn't fit in with the others?

(see the answer key)

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