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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two - Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how many months did Fawcett send dispatches about his expedition?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 8 months.

2. When did Venetian cartographer Fra Mauro create one of the most exhaustive maps of the world?
(a) 1411.
(b) 1478.
(c) 1424.
(d) 1459.

3. When was Fawcett's signet ring found?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1964.

4. When did members of the nomadic Nukak-Maku tribe emerge from the Amazon in Colombia and announce that they were ready to join the modern world?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2006.

5. When were Fawcett and Nina married?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Fawcett propose to Nina?

2. 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?

3. How long of a period of time did Fawcett study at the Royal Geographical Society?

4. How tall was Fawcett?

5. When Grann talked with one of Fawcett's grandchildren, what were the dates of the diaries that she let Grann read?

(see the answer key)

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