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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the men able to salvage?
(a) Sixteen chickens
(b) A cannon
(c) Rain buckets
(d) Three boats

2. What are the men dependent on while they are on the pack ice?
(a) Their oars
(b) The motion and direction of the ice
(c) The stars
(d) The height of the waves

3. The Endurance is designed to sail with what?
(a) Fog
(b) Ice
(c) Sleet
(d) Strong winds

4. What personal items are salvaged after the first sledging attempt?
(a) Photographic equipment
(b) Boots
(c) Carved masks
(d) Paintings

5. Who works on the ship's three boats?
(a) Blackboro
(b) Shackleton
(c) Daniels
(d) McNeish

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What occurs in October 1915?

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

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

5. Shackleton is which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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