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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two - Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, what size was the SS Vauban?
(a) 680 feet.
(b) 511 feet.
(c) 321 feet.
(d) 492 feet.

3. How old was Grann in Chapter 3?
(a) 42.
(b) About 50.
(c) Nearly 40.
(d) 51.

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) 24,000.
(b) 32,000.
(c) About 28,000.
(d) Some 30,000.

5. In Chapter 8 since the excavation of the Panama canal began in 1881, how many laborers died from malaria and yellow fever?
(a) About 5,000.
(b) 17,000.
(c) 11,500.
(d) More than 20,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Theodore Roosevelt explore an Amazon tributary?

2. When did the Royal Geographical Society award him with a gold medal for his contributions to mapping South America?

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

4. In Chapter 6 as a pack animal, how much could an ass carry?

5. What percent of the waters from South American drain into the Amazon?

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