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African exploration in the late nineteenth century is almost entirely a story of white males: scientists, traders and missionaries. Mary Henrietta Kingsley stands out as an exception.
Ostensibly, Kingsley planned her first trip to Africa so she could conduct research on fetishes and complete the academic treatise her father, an explorer, had begun. Privately, Kingsley told a friend she was traveling to Africa "to die," though she had dreamt of such an adventure since childhood. Nevertheless, she prepared for the trip carefully, interviewing friends, doctors, missionaries, and former explorers, all of whom advised her not to make the trek. Kingsley was undaunted and set off for West Africa carrying only £300, and chemicals and specimen cases designed to collect samples of unknown fish and insects for the British Museum.
Kingsley sailed the coast, finally putting in at the mouth of the Congo. Recognizing that the natives were naturally suspicious of Europeans traveling without an obvious purpose, Kingsley purchased cloth and other goods in the port and traveled inland for six months as a trader, exchanging goods for food and shelter along the way. During this and her second trip in 1895, Kingsley demonstrated resourcefulness in dealing with such challenges as rescuing a native from cannibals, defeating a leopard with a bucket of water, learning to pilot a native canoe up the Ogooue River, and becoming the first white woman and third "Englishman" to climb the 14,435 foot Mount Cameroon. Upon her return to London, Kingsley campaigned for an enlightened African policy, published her bookTravels in West Africa and advocated a forum for the serious ethnological study of Africa. Kingsley's third trip was to Cape Town during the 1900 Boer War. There she encountered an epidemic of dysentery, volunteered to nurse prisoners of war, contracted typhoid, and died.
1) Why does the author insert the anecdotes about Kinsley's travels in paragraph three?
a)to show that she was not afraid of wild beats
b)to compare the obstacles faced by female travellers with those faces by male explorers of the day
c)to entice you into reading Kinsey's best-selling book 'Travels in West Africa'
d)to emphasize the dangers Mary faced in her travels
e)to illustrate Kinsley's ability to conquer a variety of challenges
2) The author suggests that Kingsley may have gone to Africa for each of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a) to serve as an Anglican Missionary
b) to complete her father's fetish research
c) to fulfil a childhood dream
d) to collect specimens of fish and insects for the British Musem
e) to die
Pls explain your pick
Ostensibly, Kingsley planned her first trip to Africa so she could conduct research on fetishes and complete the academic treatise her father, an explorer, had begun. Privately, Kingsley told a friend she was traveling to Africa "to die," though she had dreamt of such an adventure since childhood. Nevertheless, she prepared for the trip carefully, interviewing friends, doctors, missionaries, and former explorers, all of whom advised her not to make the trek. Kingsley was undaunted and set off for West Africa carrying only £300, and chemicals and specimen cases designed to collect samples of unknown fish and insects for the British Museum.
Kingsley sailed the coast, finally putting in at the mouth of the Congo. Recognizing that the natives were naturally suspicious of Europeans traveling without an obvious purpose, Kingsley purchased cloth and other goods in the port and traveled inland for six months as a trader, exchanging goods for food and shelter along the way. During this and her second trip in 1895, Kingsley demonstrated resourcefulness in dealing with such challenges as rescuing a native from cannibals, defeating a leopard with a bucket of water, learning to pilot a native canoe up the Ogooue River, and becoming the first white woman and third "Englishman" to climb the 14,435 foot Mount Cameroon. Upon her return to London, Kingsley campaigned for an enlightened African policy, published her bookTravels in West Africa and advocated a forum for the serious ethnological study of Africa. Kingsley's third trip was to Cape Town during the 1900 Boer War. There she encountered an epidemic of dysentery, volunteered to nurse prisoners of war, contracted typhoid, and died.
1) Why does the author insert the anecdotes about Kinsley's travels in paragraph three?
a)to show that she was not afraid of wild beats
b)to compare the obstacles faced by female travellers with those faces by male explorers of the day
c)to entice you into reading Kinsey's best-selling book 'Travels in West Africa'
d)to emphasize the dangers Mary faced in her travels
e)to illustrate Kinsley's ability to conquer a variety of challenges
2) The author suggests that Kingsley may have gone to Africa for each of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a) to serve as an Anglican Missionary
b) to complete her father's fetish research
c) to fulfil a childhood dream
d) to collect specimens of fish and insects for the British Musem
e) to die
Pls explain your pick
