Question 1

What does the author hope his photographs will do?

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inspire others to explore the mysterious places.

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scare people from exploring unknown places.

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make people forget about history.

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encourage people to stay at home.

Question 2

What does Bingham mean when he says the Incas 'lived in a land of extremes'?

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The land had both very cold mountains and hot jungles.

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The land was the same everywhere.

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The land was only hot and dry.

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The land was easy to travel through.

Question 3

What does the word 'spellbound' mean in paragraph 6?

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amazed.

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scared.

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bored.

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strengthened.

Question 4

How does Bingham's feeling change from paragraphs 1 and 2 to the rest of the passage?

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In paragraphs 1 and 2, he talks about weather, but in the rest of the passage, he talks about the beauty of the ruins.

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He only talks about bad experiences.

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He is angry about the land and happy about the ruins.

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He says the land is ugly throughout.

Question 5

What inference can be made about how the author felt about the stone walls at Machu Picchu?

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He had great admiration and respect for the people who built the walls.

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He wished the stone walls had been discovered sooner.

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He believed marble walls would have been too expensive to build.

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He believed someone had discovered the stone walls but kept them secret.

Question 6

What is one piece of evidence Bingham provides for why someone should have discovered Machu Picchu sooner?

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It was less than three days’ journey from Cuzco.

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Many people traveled frequently to Machu Picchu.

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Charles Wiener did not reach Machu Picchu because there was no road.

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The Incas left clear markers to guide explorers.

Question 7

What does Bingham hope his photographs will lead to?

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further exploration of the mysterious places.

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people focusing only on traditional tourist spots.

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people abandoning the search for historical sites.

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a better understanding of modern cities.

Question 8

Why does Bingham state that the INCAs remain a mystery?

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Present-day writings are a mix of fact and fantasy.

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There are no writings about the Incas.

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All explorers have written about them accurately.

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The Incas left no evidence of their existence.

Question 9

What was one reason Charles Wiener failed to find Machu Picchu?

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There was no road through a nearby canyon.

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He took a longer route unintentionally.

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He was misled by other explorers.

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He didn't have enough supplies.

Question 10

What does the term 'inspire' mean in the context of Hiram Bingham's writing?

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to make someone want to do something

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to scare someone from doing something

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to make someone take a picture of something

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to explore a mysterious place

Question 11

What does Bingham imply by stating that the Incas lived in a 'land of extremes'?

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The land had both very cold mountains and hot jungles.

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The land was easy to travel through.

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The land was only hot and dry.

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The land was the same everywhere.

Question 12

Which sentence shows Bingham's admiration for the stone walls at Machu Picchu?

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He had great admiration and respect for the people who built the walls.

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He wished the stone walls had been discovered sooner.

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He believed someone had discovered the stone walls but kept them secret.

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He believed marble walls would have been too expensive to build.

Question 13

What does the word 'spellbound' mean as used in Bingham's narrative?

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amazed

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scared

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strengthened

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bored

Question 14

How are Bingham's feelings different in paragraphs 1 and 2 compared to the rest of the passage?

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In paragraphs 1 and 2, he talks about weather, but in the rest of the passage, he talks about the beauty of the ruins.

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In paragraphs 1 and 2, he is angry about the land, and in the rest of the passage, he is happy about the ruins.

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In all the paragraphs, he only talks about bad experiences.

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In all the paragraphs, he says the land is ugly.

Question 15

What point is Bingham supporting by stating that if the Spanish had seen Machu Picchu, they would have written about it?

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He believes no one discovered Machu Picchu until the early 1900s because no one wrote about it before that time.

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He thinks the Spanish found Machu Picchu.

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He believes someone found Machu Picchu but did not write about it.

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He thinks he was the first to find Machu Picchu.

Question 16

In what year did the first local record of someone discovering Machu Picchu occur and who was it?

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1902, Agustín Lizárraga

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1922, Hiram Bingham

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1875, Charles Wiener

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1800, unnamed explorer

Question 17

What type of climate variety did Bingham experience during his travels?

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from glaciers to jungles

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only hot and dry

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constant jungle environments

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consistent cold temperatures

Question 18

What insight does Bingham provide about the craftsmanship of the buildings?

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He admired the artistic skills of the masons who built the structures.

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He believed they used modern tools.

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He thought the buildings were poorly constructed.

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He found them uninteresting.

Question 19

What does Bingham mean when he says there were no ugly spaces between the rocks?

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The construction was so precise that the stones fit together perfectly.

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The construction was poor.

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There were gaps between the stones.

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The stones were unshaped.

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