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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Shackleton at the start of the third voyage?
(a) 40
(b) 20
(c) 33
(d) 54

2. Who stows away on the ship in order to become a crew member?
(a) Edmund Randolph
(b) Hopper
(c) Francis Drake
(d) Blackboro

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

4. Where was the route supposed to start from in the first expedition of Shackleton's proposed trans-Antarctic expedition?
(a) Bay of Fundy
(b) Prudhoe Bay
(c) Vahsel Bay
(d) Lake Superior

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?

2. What quality best describes the men that Shackleton choose for his expedition?

3. The Endurance gets to within 200 miles of Vahsel Bay by when?

4. Where does Shackleton head for final provisioning?

5. Who advises Shackleton at South Georgia Island?

(see the answer key)

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