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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Raleigh Rimel when his father died?
2. In Chapter 2, how long did James Lynch once go without sleep when he was hiking?
3. 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?
4. When did Fawcett propose to Nina?
5. In Chapter 6, how fast were automobiles first allowed to travel in London?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe himself in Chapter 3?
2. In Chapter 6, who was Edward Ayearst Reeves?
3. What was the condition of Fawcett and his men on the expedition to explore the Rio Verde?
4. Who was Nina Paterson's first husband and how long were they married?
5. When Grann went shopping for items for his expedition, what did a salesman help Grann purchase after he learned Grann had never been camping?
6. In Chapter 1, how was Fawcett described?
7. In Chapter 5, why in 1740 were fewer than 120 places on the planet accurately mapped?
8. In Chapter 1, what book was said to be based on Fawcett's experiences?
9. When was the Royal Geographical Society of London created and what was its purpose?
10. Where was Fawcett in 1888?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fawcett was a great explorer, but a poor family man. What were Fawcett’s primary character traits, and how did those traits make him a great explorer, but a bad family man and husband?
Essay Topic 2
Despite popular opinion, Fawcett believed that the remains of an advanced civilization existed in the Amazon. How was Fawcett’s belief based upon research, and how did his views change to the mythical as he grew older?
Essay Topic 3
Fawcett, Jack, and Raleigh were naïve about what was before them on their expedition. In what ways were the men naïve, and how was the naiveté that Fawcett demonstrated different from the naiveté the young men demonstrated?
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