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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What exception does Shackleton make to the two-pound personal gear rule?
(a) A banjo
(b) A piano
(c) A saxaphone
(d) A drum

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

4. Where is a known cache of food and supplies?
(a) Francis Bay
(b) Paulet Island
(c) North Georgia Island
(d) Danger Island

5. What happens toward the end of November?
(a) Shackleton dies
(b) The dogs die
(c) The Endurance sinks
(d) The crew stages a mutiny

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pounds of meat does the leopard seal provide?

2. What is the temperature in June?

3. During January, how strong do the winds get?

4. What are the men dependent on while they are on the pack ice?

5. What does Shackleton acknowledge as the men try to make it across the pack ice?

(see the answer key)

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