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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the crew realize as they make their way with the sledges?
(a) Substantive movement by sledge is simply impossible
(b) They are only five miles from Paulet Island
(c) They will need to leave the dogs behind
(d) The ice floe they are on is shrinking

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

3. What do Shackleton and the crew realize about the ice?
(a) The Endurance can break through all but the thickest ice
(b) It will go away the following spring
(c) They'll have to walk across it to the pole
(d) It is more or less permanent

4. Who advises Shackleton at South Georgia Island?
(a) Whalers
(b) Dog sledders
(c) Hunters
(d) Inuits

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third boat named, which is recovered from Ocean Camp?

2. Where does Shackleton sail after Buenos Aires?

3. How far are the men from Paulet Island?

4. Who works on the ship's three boats?

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

(see the answer key)

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