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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the men attempt to move with the sledges, who refuses to go on until Shackleton intervenes?
(a) Dudley
(b) Blackboro
(c) Vincent
(d) McNeish

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

3. What was the name of Shackleton's sailing vessel?
(a) Nina
(b) Endurance
(c) Dover
(d) Corriene

4. Orde-Lees is one day stalked and then pursued by what?
(a) Polar Bear
(b) Walrus
(c) Penguin
(d) Leopard Seal

5. Clarence Island is how many miles north of Patience Camp
(a) 68
(b) 234
(c) 5
(d) 100

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the temperature in June?

2. What begins to build up around the Endurance that worries the men?

3. Shackleton's first voyage is under whose leadership?

4. The crew forms social organizations based on what?

5. What does McNeish do to the three boats?

(see the answer key)

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