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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five - Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 21, how many Indians lived in the area of Bakairi Post?
(a) More than 800.
(b) About 900.
(c) 612.
(d) 750.

3. 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) 1915.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1914.

4. How old was George Lynch when Fawcett met him?
(a) 56.
(b) 49.
(c) 38.
(d) 51.

5. In Chapter 8, when did Francis Younghusband serve as president of the Royal Geographical Society?
(a) 1917-1929.
(b) 1915-1921.
(c) 1919-1922.
(d) 1911-1919.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 8, what was black gold?

3. What birthday did Lynch celebrate when he went on his expedition to find what happened to Fawcett?

4. In Chapter 12, where was Fawcett's family living in 1907?

5. When did Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo write about El Dorado?

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