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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. How old was Grann in Chapter 3?

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

3. In Chapter 4, how old was Fawcett when he was sent to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich?

4. In Chapter 1, what size was the SS Vauban?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, what was Fawcett's assignment?

3. In Chapter 2, how did Fawcett send news of his expedition until he disappeared?

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

5. In Chapter 1, why was Fawcett well-known?

6. Where was Fawcett in 1888?

7. In Chapter 1, how was Fawcett described?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fawcett’s wife Nina subjugated her desires and goals to support her husband. How did Nina subjugate her desires and goals to support her husband, and how did misogyny and discrimination cause Nina to have to give up her own dreams and plans?

Essay Topic 2

Fawcett and others in the book believed in their own destiny. What did Fawcett believe about his personal destiny, and how did that influence the way that he lived his life?

Essay Topic 3

Explorers tended to be men who were not comfortable in society. Why did men become explorers, and how did their unsociability contribute to their desire to explore?

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