View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and 6, pp. 66-80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had the English engineer been staying in rural Iran when Theroux met him on the train in Chapter 5?
(a) One year.
(b) Two months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Four months.

2. What was the translation of the Turkish dish imam bayildi?
(a) The imam fainted.
(b) The imam screamed.
(c) The imam laughed.
(d) The imam died.

3. How did Theroux know he had touched bottom while traveling by train?
(a) He was surrounded by Australians.
(b) He was surrounded by hippies.
(c) He was surrounded by Americans.
(d) He was surrounded by locals.

4. What does the frieze in the Peshawar Museum depict?
(a) The birth of Jesus.
(b) The birth of Muhammad.
(c) The birth of Adam.
(d) The birth of Buddha.

5. What was Duffill eating as the train entered the Alpine tunnel in Italy?
(a) Proscuitto.
(b) Bologna.
(c) Mortadella.
(d) Salami.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tunnels went through the mountain pass?

2. At what Italian station was Duffill left behind?

3. How high did the railway climb through the pass?

4. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 186 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample