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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four - Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Germany sign a peace treaty in surrender?
(a) June 4, 1919.
(b) June 18, 1919.
(c) June 11, 1919.
(d) June 28, 1919.

2. In Chapter 16, how many manuscripts are in Brazil's National Library?
(a) 740,000.
(b) Around 800,000.
(c) 630,000.
(d) About 500,000.

3. In Chapter 10, although Fawcett and his men cut, chopped, pulled, and pushed through the jungle from morning until evening, how much did they advance daily?
(a) 3/4 mile.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) 1/3 mile.

4. When did Fawcett write to the Society and say that he would not subject his wife to the perpetual anxiety of his risky journeys?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1912.

5. Who did Raleigh fall in love with on the voyage from New York in Chapter 20?
(a) Daughter of a British Earl.
(b) An American girl from California.
(c) Daughter of a British duke.
(d) An American girl from New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Fawcett when he volunteered to serve in World War I?

2. In 1896, how many professors of anthropology were there in Great Britain?

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 B. F. Goodrich manufacture the first automobile tires in the United States?

5. When was Fawcett so poor that he could not pay his membership dues to the Royal Geographical Society?

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