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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What word best describes the first camp?
(a) Exciting
(b) Miserable
(c) Warm
(d) Old
2. What do the men find that occupies their time?
(a) A deck of cards
(b) A record player
(c) A magazine
(d) A barrel of whiskey
3. How far away is Paulet Island from the Endurance?
(a) 350 miles
(b) 230 miles
(c) 97 miles
(d) 54 miles
4. Mortgaging the expedition means what?
(a) Putting the expedition into debt by buying supplies
(b) Agreeing to pay back the amount loaned or the ship could be repossessed
(c) Selling in advance the rights to whatever commercial exploitation the expedition might produce
(d) Putting up the ship and supplies as collatoral
5. When does Shackleton decide to try the sledges again?
(a) March
(b) June
(c) December
(d) August
Short Answer Questions
1. Which boat is left behind when the men try sledging?
2. As the men attempt to move with the sledges, who refuses to go on until Shackleton intervenes?
3. What does Shackleton acknowledge as the men try to make it across the pack ice?
4. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?
5. What do the men name the camp they create after trying the sledges for the first time?
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