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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Speke claim that he discovered the source of the Nile?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1831.
(c) 1788.
(d) 1794.

2. In Chapter 8 since the excavation of the Panama canal began in 1881, how many laborers died from malaria and yellow fever?
(a) More than 20,000.
(b) 11,500.
(c) About 5,000.
(d) 17,000.

3. In Chapter 2, how long did James Lynch once go without sleep when he was hiking?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 48 hours.
(d) 72 hours.

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

5. When did B. F. Goodrich manufacture the first automobile tires in the United States?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1896.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Reeves begin working at the Royal Geographical Society?

3. In Chapter 10, although Fawcett and his men cut, chopped, pulled, and pushed through the jungle from morning until evening, how much did they advance daily?

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

5. In Chapter 5, when did Grann visit the Royal Geographical Society?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, why in 1740 were fewer than 120 places on the planet accurately mapped?

2. Where was Fawcett in 1888?

3. How does the author describe himself in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 8, what information was Fawcett able to discern about the sultan in Morocco?

5. In Chapter 6, how were students taught to lead an expedition?

6. When and where was Fawcett's first assignment after he received his diploma from the Royal Geographical Society?

7. When was the Royal Geographical Society of London created and what was its purpose?

8. How was Fawcett taught to see everything around him?

9. In Chapter 1, what book was said to be based on Fawcett's experiences?

10. In Chapter 9, where and when was Fawcett's signet ring found?

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