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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What quality best describes the men that Shackleton choose for his expedition?
(a) Cautious
(b) Erratic
(c) Infirm
(d) Reliable

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

5. Who stows away on the ship in order to become a crew member?
(a) Blackboro
(b) Edmund Randolph
(c) Hopper
(d) Francis Drake

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Shackleton sail after Buenos Aires?

2. What begins to build up around the Endurance that worries the men?

3. Shackleton's first voyage is under whose leadership?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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