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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The men come to realize that what will determine their fate?
(a) External elements
(b) God
(c) Their own determination
(d) Shackleton

3. For what are the dogs used?
(a) Sledding
(b) Hunting seals
(c) Meat
(d) Chasing away bears

4. What word best describes the first camp?
(a) Old
(b) Miserable
(c) Exciting
(d) Warm

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Orde-Lees is one day stalked and then pursued by what?

3. Who gives funds to Shackleton's expedition

4. Where does Shackleton head for final provisioning?

5. What confines the men to their tents for days at a time?

(see the answer key)

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