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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 and 12, pp. 124-145.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What English novelist once wrote, "The journey is the goal"?
(a) Michael Frayn.
(b) Graham Greene.
(c) Roddy Doyle.
(d) Ian McEwan.

2. What Joyce book did Theroux take on the train in Chapter 12?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Dubliners.
(c) The Exiles.
(d) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

3. What was the name of the city where one hippie was heading to join an ashram?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Khatmandhu.
(d) Pondicherry.

4. Why was the Canadian couple going to Australia?
(a) They had relatives there.
(b) They did not want to learn French.
(c) They wanted to avoid Europeans.
(d) They did not want to learn German.

5. What kind of jam did the Iranians eat that Theroux found disgusting?
(a) Carrot.
(b) Beet.
(c) Pear.
(d) Sweet potato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did Theroux claim to ward off questions in Chapter 7?

2. What animals did Theroux encounter near the Galta gorge temple?

3. What does the frieze in the Peshawar Museum depict?

4. What was the name of Gandhi's birthplace, visited by Theroux in Chapter 10?

5. How long had the English engineer been staying in rural Iran when Theroux met him on the train in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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