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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 2, when did a group of Brazilian scientists and adventurers search for signs of Colonel Percy Fawcett?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1996.

2. In Chapter 12, when did Murray reach La Paz?
(a) Middle of 1912.
(b) Summer of 1912.
(c) End of 1912.
(d) Beginning of 1912.

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

4. How deep is the Amazon River in some places?
(a) 80 feet.
(b) 300 feet.
(c) 245 feet.
(d) 15 feet.

5. In 1864 when there were boundary disputes between Paraguay and its neighbors, how much of the Paraguayan population was killed?
(a) A quarter.
(b) At least a third.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) About half.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what percent of young men did an English general claim were unfit to meet the requirements of military service?

2. How many men died during Carvajal's expedition to find El Dorado?

3. In Chapter 11, when was Fawcett's "Case for an Expedition in the Amazon Basin" dated?

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

5. How old was James Murray when he and Fawcett teamed up for an expedition in 1911?

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