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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. In Chapter 12, what percent of young men did an English general claim were unfit to meet the requirements of military service?
(a) 45.
(b) 50.
(c) 70.
(d) 60.

2. In Chapter 16, what type of ceiling was in the manuscript division in Brazil's National Library?
(a) Tin.
(b) Plaster.
(c) Stained-glass.
(d) Wood.

3. When was Fawcett so poor that he could not pay his membership dues to the Royal Geographical Society?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1924.

4. When did Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo write about El Dorado?
(a) 15th century.
(b) 17th century.
(c) 14th century.
(d) 16th century.

5. 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?
(a) Some 30,000.
(b) 24,000.
(c) About 28,000.
(d) 32,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how fast were automobiles first allowed to travel in London?

2. In Chapter 2, how many months did Fawcett send dispatches about his expedition?

3. In Chapter 17, when did Nina write to the Royal Geographical Society saying that Fawcett had been gassed?

4. In Chapter 11, between what two rivers did Fawcett believe he would find relics of an ancient civilization?

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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