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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is one of the dog teams killed?
(a) To stop dog aggression
(b) For the men to eat
(c) They are ill
(d) To conserve food

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

3. By April, what surrounds Patience Camp?
(a) Leopard seals
(b) Leads of open water
(c) Pressure ridges
(d) Islets of land

4. What is the second camp called?
(a) Waiting Camp
(b) Mark Time Camp
(c) Frozen Ice Camp
(d) Eternity Camp

5. Where was the route supposed to start from in the first expedition of Shackleton's proposed trans-Antarctic expedition?
(a) Lake Superior
(b) Bay of Fundy
(c) Prudhoe Bay
(d) Vahsel Bay

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens toward the end of November?

2. How old is Shackleton at the start of the third voyage?

3. Which crew member doesn't fit in with the others?

4. What is the temperature in June?

5. Shackleton is which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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