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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 many years of anti-snakebite venom was Fawcett given in Chapter 20?
2. When did Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo write about El Dorado?
3. In Chapter 13, what did Lynch say was the value of the ransom he had to pay to save himself and his party?
4. In Chapter 17, when did Nina write to the Royal Geographical Society saying that Fawcett had been gassed?
5. In January 1916, what rank was Fawcett promoted to?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Lynch escape from captivity when he was captured on his expedition to find what happened to Fawcett?
2. In Chapter 12, how did Nina prepare herself to be able to go on an expedition with her husband?
3. In Chapter 11, where did Fawcett wish to explore for Z and why?
4. In Chapter 13, what was James Lynch doing?
5. Why did the rubber boom collapse in South America?
6. What did Fawcett speculate happened to the Amazon populations that the conquistadors encountered?
7. In Chapter 20, why did Fawcett try to persuade Raleigh to return with the guides?
8. In Chapter 14, how did a Spanish friar describe what happened to a companion who was struck by a poison arrow?
9. How did Leonard Darwin introduce Fawcett in 1911 at a lecture before the Royal Geographical Society?
10. What did the manuscript look like that Grann viewed at the National Library in Chapter 16?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Fawcett teamed up with James Murray on a expedition. What conflicts did the two men have, and what did their conflicts reveal about Fawcett?
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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