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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Before Shackleton renamed her Endurance, what was his ship known as?
(a) Belfast
(b) Polaris
(c) Argonaut
(d) Santa Maria

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

4. Why did individuals want to be a part of Shackleton's expedition?
(a) Possible treasure
(b) To escape prison
(c) Potential adventure and renown
(d) Good wages

5. Who gives funds to Shackleton's expedition
(a) Dudley Docker
(b) Edmund Hillary
(c) Teddy Roosevelt
(d) Benjamin Franklin

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Shackleton's sailing vessel?

2. Mortgaging the expedition means what?

3. How much meat does the crew collect by the end of April?

4. The Endurance is designed to sail with what?

5. What does the crew do during the months they are trapped?

(see the answer key)

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