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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 people did Fawcett choose to go on his expedition to Z in Chapter 1?
2. In Chapter 4, how old was Fawcett in 1888?
3. When did Bolivia and Brazil attempt to build a railroad through the jungle?
4. In Chapter 2, when did a group of Brazilian scientists and adventurers search for signs of Colonel Percy Fawcett?
5. In Chapter 2, how many Indian tribes did the Brazilian government estimate at the time of the writing of the book had never been contacted by outsiders?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 1, what book was said to be based on Fawcett's experiences?
2. In Chapter 1, how was Fawcett described?
3. In Chapter 3, what does the author say happened when he was working on a story?
4. In Chapter 8, what mission did Sir George Taubman Goldie ask Fawcett to undertake?
5. In Chapter 8, what information was Fawcett able to discern about the sultan in Morocco?
6. In Chapter 6, how were students taught to lead an expedition?
7. In Chapter 2, how did Fawcett send news of his expedition until he disappeared?
8. Why were explorers and mapmakers recruited by the British government to serve as spies?
9. What happened to Lynch and his party at the end of Chapter 2?
10. When was the Royal Geographical Society of London created and what was its purpose?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fawcett’s wife Nina subjugated her desires and goals to support her husband. How did Nina subjugate her desires and goals to support her husband, and how did misogyny and discrimination cause Nina to have to give up her own dreams and plans?
Essay Topic 2
Indians were enslaved and killed as Europeans came to South America. How did the Europeans treat the indigenous people, and how did prejudice influence the way that Europeans treated the Indians?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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