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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) Work on routine tasks
(c) Swim in the ocean
(d) Carve wooden swords

2. What word best describes the pay for individuals on the voyage?
(a) Average
(b) Miserly
(c) Abundant
(d) Promising

3. Where does Shackleton sail after Buenos Aires?
(a) Cape Town
(b) Cuba
(c) South Georgia Island
(d) Halifax

4. Shackleton's first voyage is under whose leadership?
(a) Robert F. Scott
(b) Edmund Hillary
(c) Francis Drake
(d) Christopher Columbus

5. What was the name of Shackleton's sailing vessel?
(a) Endurance
(b) Nina
(c) Dover
(d) Corriene

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives funds to Shackleton's expedition

2. What do Shackleton and the crew realize about the ice?

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

4. Who stows away on the ship in order to become a crew member?

5. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?

(see the answer key)

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