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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the crew do during the months they are trapped?
(a) Hold dances
(b) Carve wooden swords
(c) Work on routine tasks
(d) Swim in the ocean

3. Who builds a ten-foot high cofferdam in the aft?
(a) Edmund
(b) Blackboro
(c) McNeish
(d) Vincent

4. Which word best describes the progress across the pack ice?
(a) Exciting
(b) Quick
(c) Safe
(d) Difficult

5. When does Shackleton decide to try the sledges again?
(a) March
(b) August
(c) December
(d) June

Short Answer Questions

1. The men come to realize that what will determine their fate?

2. What is the second camp called?

3. The crew forms social organizations based on what?

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

5. What is the temperature in June?

(see the answer key)

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