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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. When did Fawcett write to the Society and say that he would not subject his wife to the perpetual anxiety of his risky journeys?

2. In Chapter 12 after Murray got too ill to continue on the expedition, where did he end up where he was treated for his ailments?

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

4. In Chapter 14, what did Fawcett observe the Guarayo Indians using to catch fish?

5. How tall was the Australian boxer, Lewis Brown, who accompanied Fawcett on an expedition in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Alexander Hamilton Rice?

2. How would Fawcett approach Indians?

3. In Chapter 11, where did Fawcett wish to explore for Z and why?

4. What did the manuscript look like that Grann viewed at the National Library in Chapter 16?

5. Why did Fawcett not want to take Colonel T. E. Lawrence on an expedition?

6. In Chapter 14, how did a Spanish friar describe what happened to a companion who was struck by a poison arrow?

7. How did George Lynch help Fawcett raise money for an expedition?

8. What did Fawcett speculate happened to the Amazon populations that the conquistadors encountered?

9. In Chapter 17, how did an encounter with the Yanomami unfold when Dr. Rice and his party encountered them?

10. In Chapter 19, how did Grann describe the situation for many indigenous people in modern times?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Fawcett teamed up with James Murray on a expedition. What conflicts did the two men have, and what did their conflicts reveal about Fawcett?

Essay Topic 3

Despite popular opinion, Fawcett believed that the remains of an advanced civilization existed in the Amazon. How was Fawcett’s belief based upon research, and how did his views change to the mythical as he grew older?

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