in 1925 brazilian financier james lynch launched a multi - million dollar expedition to finally solve the mystery. but he and his party were kidnapped by tribesmen. they were released only after surrendering $10,000 worth of gear. now, finally, after 85 years, the mystery that has tantalized so many may finally have been solved by perhaps fawcetts least likely pursuer. grann turned his jungle adventure into a best - seller, he lost city of z,\ in which he recounts fawcetts final days. \we stayed with many of the same tribes that fawcett stayed with,\ said grann. \and to my astonishment, they had an oral history about fawcett and his expedition. \it describes how fawcett had insisted on moving eastward, towards the river of death. and the tribe tried to persuade them not to go in that direction. in that direction were what they referred to as the fierce indians. and off he marched. \and they could see the fire for five days, rising above the treetops. and then on the fifth day, it went out as if it was snuffed out. and they had no doubt that they had been killed by the indians.\ no physical trace of fawcett has ever been found. but granns efforts did bring one revelation to light: fawcett may have been right about the \lost civilization\ after all. \in the last few years, archaeologists are now going into this region using high - tech gadgetry that fawcett could never imagine—satellite imagery, ground penetrating radars to pinpoint various artifacts,\ said grann. \and they are discovering ancient ruins scattered throughout the amazon. \one archaeologist has found, in the very area where fawcett believed he would find z, 20 pre - columbian settlements that had roads built at right angles, bridges, causeways, and that a cluster of these settlements that were interconnected had populations of between 2,500 to 5,000 people, which would have made them the size of many medieval european cities at the time.\ answer the questions. mark your answers to questions 1 - 3 on the answer form to the right. 1 how does the author introduce the idea of a hidden, prehistoric city in the jungle? a he provides details about the precise time in which the city existed. b he describes what a prehistoric jungle city would have been like. c he lists novels and movies that feature examples of such cities. d he explains why percy fawcett was interested in looking for such a city.

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in 1925 brazilian financier james lynch launched a multi - million dollar expedition to finally solve the mystery. but he and his party were kidnapped by tribesmen. they were released only after surrendering $10,000 worth of gear. now, finally, after 85 years, the mystery that has tantalized so many may finally have been solved by perhaps fawcetts least likely pursuer. grann turned his jungle adventure into a best - seller, 	he lost city of z,\ in which he recounts fawcetts final days. \we stayed with many of the same tribes that fawcett stayed with,\ said grann. \and to my astonishment, they had an oral history about fawcett and his expedition. \it describes how fawcett had insisted on moving eastward, towards the river of death. and the tribe tried to persuade them not to go in that direction. in that direction were what they referred to as the fierce indians. and off he marched. \and they could see the fire for five days, rising above the treetops. and then on the fifth day, it went out as if it was snuffed out. and they had no doubt that they had been killed by the indians.\ no physical trace of fawcett has ever been found. but granns efforts did bring one revelation to light: fawcett may have been right about the \lost civilization\ after all. \in the last few years, archaeologists are now going into this region using high - tech gadgetry that fawcett could never imagine—satellite imagery, ground penetrating radars to pinpoint various artifacts,\ said grann. \and they are discovering ancient ruins scattered throughout the amazon. \one archaeologist has found, in the very area where fawcett believed he would find z, 20 pre - columbian settlements that had roads built at right angles, bridges, causeways, and that a cluster of these settlements that were interconnected had populations of between 2,500 to 5,000 people, which would have made them the size of many medieval european cities at the time.\ answer the questions. mark your answers to questions 1 - 3 on the answer form to the right. 1 how does the author introduce the idea of a hidden, prehistoric city in the jungle? a he provides details about the precise time in which the city existed. b he describes what a prehistoric jungle city would have been like. c he lists novels and movies that feature examples of such cities. d he explains why percy fawcett was interested in looking for such a city.

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# Brief Explanations:
The passage first talks about Percy Fawcett's search for a lost civilization. Then it mentions modern - day archaeologists' discoveries in the area where Fawcett believed the lost city 'Z' was. The author's introduction of the idea of a hidden, prehistoric city starts with Fawcett's interest in finding such a city.
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D. He explains why Percy Fawcett was interested in looking for such a city.

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