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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mortgaging the expedition means what?
(a) Putting up the ship and supplies as collatoral
(b) Putting the expedition into debt by buying supplies
(c) Agreeing to pay back the amount loaned or the ship could be repossessed
(d) Selling in advance the rights to whatever commercial exploitation the expedition might produce

3. The Endurance gets to within 200 miles of Vahsel Bay by when?
(a) Mid-August
(b) June 1
(c) Mid-January
(d) March 30

4. Shackleton's second voyage got how close to the pole?
(a) 97 miles
(b) 2 miles
(c) 56 miles
(d) 500 miles

5. How much personal gear can each man take?
(a) Ten pounds
(b) Two pounds
(c) Fifteen pounds
(d) Seven pounds

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Shackleton stop the men from retrieving the three seals that they kill?

3. Rations consist of what meat?

4. How far away is Paulet Island from the Endurance?

5. By April, what surrounds Patience Camp?

(see the answer key)

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