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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much meat does the crew collect by the end of April?
(a) Five tons
(b) One ton
(c) Two and a half tons
(d) None

2. Shackleton is told that the Weddell Sea is full of what?
(a) Seals
(b) Whales
(c) Bears
(d) Ice

3. Shackleton's second voyage got how close to the pole?
(a) 2 miles
(b) 56 miles
(c) 97 miles
(d) 500 miles

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

5. Shackleton is which of the following?
(a) A whaler
(b) A polar explorer
(c) A ship builder
(d) A doctor

Short Answer Questions

1. Who builds a ten-foot high cofferdam in the aft?

2. What are the men dependent on while they are on the pack ice?

3. What occurs in October 1915?

4. Before Shackleton renamed her Endurance, what was his ship known as?

5. What does Shackleton acknowledge as the men try to make it across the pack ice?

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