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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes clashes in the camp?
(a) The various personalities
(b) The lack of food
(c) The progress the men make with the sledges
(d) Whether to stay on the ice floe or not

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

3. The crew forms social organizations based on what?
(a) Tent groups
(b) Positions in the crew
(c) Age
(d) Seniority

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

5. Which boat is left behind when the men try sledging?
(a) Dudley Docker
(b) James Caird
(c) John Wesley
(d) Stancomb Wills

Short Answer Questions

1. Shackleton is told that the Weddell Sea is full of what?

2. Where did the men camp after abandoning the ship?

3. What do Shackleton and the crew realize about the ice?

4. What does the crew realize as they make their way with the sledges?

5. Shackleton is which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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