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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who gives funds to Shackleton's expedition
(a) Dudley Docker
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Teddy Roosevelt
(d) Edmund Hillary

5. What do Shackleton and the crew realize about the ice?
(a) The Endurance can break through all but the thickest ice
(b) It is more or less permanent
(c) They'll have to walk across it to the pole
(d) It will go away the following spring

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the main event in Chapter 1?

3. How much meat does the crew collect by the end of April?

4. Shackleton is which of the following?

5. Shackleton's second voyage got how close to the pole?

(see the answer key)

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