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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 tall was the Australian boxer, Lewis Brown, who accompanied Fawcett on an expedition in Chapter 17?
2. In Chapter 17, when did Nina write to the Royal Geographical Society saying that Fawcett had been gassed?
3. How many years of anti-snakebite venom was Fawcett given in Chapter 20?
4. When was James Murray born?
5. In Chapter 16, what was the date of the manuscript that Grann was allowed to view at Brazil's National Library?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who wrote the manuscript that Grann viewed in Chapter 16?
2. How did Leonard Darwin introduce Fawcett in 1911 at a lecture before the Royal Geographical Society?
3. In Chapter 11, where did Fawcett wish to explore for Z and why?
4. In Chapter 12, what did Fawcett want to forget and go home?
5. What did the manuscript look like that Grann viewed at the National Library in Chapter 16?
6. When did World War I end, and what was the cost of the war in human lives?
7. In Chapter 20, how did the men who served under Fawcett during the war feel about him?
8. Why was Fawcett not able to launch an expedition in September 1914?
9. In Chapter 12, how did Nina prepare herself to be able to go on an expedition with her husband?
10. In Chapter 17, how did an encounter with the Yanomami unfold when Dr. Rice and his party encountered them?
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 was taught to use autopsis when he studied to become an explorer. What is autopsis and why was it so important for spies and for explorers?
Essay Topic 3
The Royal Geographical Society was founded in 1830. What was the role of the Society in geography and exploration, and why was the society so necessary in the nineteenth century?
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