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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three - Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Grann first learn about Fawcett?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1999.

2. In Chapter 6, how long had it been since Fawcett left England for Ceylon?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) 14 years.
(d) 8 years.

3. When did Venetian cartographer Fra Mauro create one of the most exhaustive maps of the world?
(a) 1459.
(b) 1411.
(c) 1424.
(d) 1478.

4. In Chapter 8, when Sir Roger Casement investigated mistreatment of Indians in the Amazon, how many Indian did he estimate had died at the hands of one rubber company alone?
(a) 32,000.
(b) Some 30,000.
(c) About 28,000.
(d) 24,000.

5. In Chapter 12, what percent of young men did an English general claim were unfit to meet the requirements of military service?
(a) 60.
(b) 50.
(c) 70.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, when did Sir George Taubman Goldie summon Fawcett and ask him what he knew about Bolivia?

2. For 15 years after his homecoming in 1907, how many square miles of the Amazon did Fawcett discover?

3. In Chapter 2, how long did James Lynch once go without sleep when he was hiking?

4. How old was Fawcett's son Jack when Fawcett went to Bolivia?

5. In Chapter 1, when did the London "Georgraphical Journal" write that Fawcett marked the end of an age?

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