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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1896, what was the speed limit for automobiles raised to in London?

2. In Chapter 4, how old was Fawcett in 1888?

3. When did Fawcett propose to Nina?

4. How old was Raleigh Rimel when his father died?

5. In Chapter 6, what did Lieutenant T. Dannreuther collect?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Nina Paterson's first husband and how long were they married?

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

3. In Chapter 9, where did Grann find some of Fawcett's papers?

4. Where was Fawcett in 1888?

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

6. In Chapter 8, what mission did Sir George Taubman Goldie ask Fawcett to undertake?

7. Where does the Amazon river begin?

8. What was the condition of Fawcett and his men on the expedition to explore the Rio Verde?

9. When Grann went shopping for items for his expedition, what did a salesman help Grann purchase after he learned Grann had never been camping?

10. In Chapter 3, what does the author say happened when he was working on a story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fawcett, Jack, and Raleigh were naïve about what was before them on their expedition. In what ways were the men naïve, and how was the naiveté that Fawcett demonstrated different from the naiveté the young men demonstrated?

Essay Topic 2

Heckenberger believed that anthropologists needed to look beyond the small tribes in the Amazon. Why did Heckenberger believe that anthropologists needed to look beyond the small tribes, and what did he think they would discover?

Essay Topic 3

Indians were enslaved and killed as Europeans came to South America. How did the Europeans treat the indigenous people, and how did prejudice influence the way that Europeans treated the Indians?

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