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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three - Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what was anthropology called?
(a) Native people studies.
(b) Science of the undomesticated.
(c) Science of savages.
(d) Science of the uncivilized.

2. What was the name of the fort where Fawcett served in Chapter 4?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Davidson.
(c) Thomas.
(d) William.

3. When was Fawcett born?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1866.

4. When did Gonzalo Pizarro launch the first expedition in search of El Dorado?
(a) 1511.
(b) 1541.
(c) 1581.
(d) 1594.

5. In Chapter 11, between what two rivers did Fawcett believe he would find relics of an ancient civilization?
(a) Unini and Branco.
(b) Tapajos and Singu.
(c) Unini and Negro.
(d) Branco and Negro.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Jack Fawcett in 1907?

2. In Chapter 13 when Lynch was in captivity, when he and his son awoke, how many armed men emerged from the forest?

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. In Chapter 12 after Murray got too ill to continue on the expedition, where did he end up where he was treated for his ailments?

5. In Chapter 8 since the excavation of the Panama canal began in 1881, how many laborers died from malaria and yellow fever?

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