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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Shackleton is told that the Weddell Sea is full of what?
(a) Bears
(b) Seals
(c) Ice
(d) Whales

3. Which crew member doesn't fit in with the others?
(a) Andrew
(b) Phillip
(c) Edmund
(d) Vincent

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

5. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?
(a) A castle
(b) $5,000
(c) Knighthood
(d) His own ship

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who builds a ten-foot high cofferdam in the aft?

3. Before Shackleton renamed her Endurance, what was his ship known as?

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

5. Shackleton is which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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