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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 James Murray when he and Fawcett teamed up for an expedition in 1911?

2. In Chapter 17, when did Fawcett and his men take up positions along a river in Northern France?

3. In Chapter 12, when did Murray reach La Paz?

4. In Chapter 13, what did Lynch say was the value of the ransom he had to pay to save himself and his party?

5. When Fawcett left in 1925, how many people did he say were aware of their objective?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Alexander Hamilton Rice?

4. What mysterious box did Dr. Rice take on an expedition in Chapter 17?

5. How did Leonard Darwin introduce Fawcett in 1911 at a lecture before the Royal Geographical Society?

6. Why was Fawcett not able to launch an expedition in September 1914?

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

8. How did Lynch escape from captivity when he was captured on his expedition to find what happened to Fawcett?

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

10. In Chapter 20, why did Fawcett try to persuade Raleigh to return with the guides?

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 was a great explorer, but a poor family man. What were Fawcett’s primary character traits, and how did those traits make him a great explorer, but a bad family man and husband?

Essay Topic 3

Fawcett was obsessed with exploration. Was Fawcett most pleased when he found what he was looking for, or did he enjoy the pursuit more?

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