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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and 10, pp. 100- 123.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession did Theroux claim to ward off questions in Chapter 7?
(a) Trade.
(b) Dentistry.
(c) Academia.
(d) Medicine.

2. Why was the cockney man going to Australia?
(a) There were too many Americans in London.
(b) There were too many Irish in London.
(c) There were too many Indians in London.
(d) There were too many blacks in London.

3. How high did the railway climb through the pass?
(a) 3,000 feet.
(b) 3,200 feet.
(c) 4,000 feet.
(d) 3,600 feet.

4. What famous military leader seized control of Bayezid in 1402?
(a) Genghis Khan.
(b) Tamerlane.
(c) El Cid.
(d) Saladin.

5. What happened with the Orient Express when it went through the Alpine tunnel in Chapter 2?
(a) The lights went out.
(b) The train slowed down significantly.
(c) The train sped up.
(d) The train stopped.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the engineer preparing to convert to Islam?

2. What Dickens book was Theroux reading in Chapter 3?

3. Why was the Canadian couple going to Australia?

4. What country did not have a single inch of railway track?

5. Where did the Parsis place their dead?

(see the answer key)

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