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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 and 25, pp. 241-267.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poem did Molesworth quote while waiting for Yugoslav officials to look over passenger papers in Chapter 2?
(a) The Wasteland.
(b) The Faerie Queene.
(c) Japperwocky.
(d) Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

2. What term did the Accountant General use when describing the people trying to cheat the government or seek bribes?
(a) Baksheesh.
(b) Layabouts.
(c) Commies.
(d) Blighters.

3. What does the surname Singh mean?
(a) Lion.
(b) Cow.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Cheetah.

4. What was the name of Gandhi's birthplace, visited by Theroux in Chapter 10?
(a) Gujarat.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Simla.
(d) Delhi.

5. How did celebrants mark the banned festival?
(a) By piercing their tongues.
(b) By parading all night.
(c) By dancing all night.
(d) By piercing their bodies with skewers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Joyce book did Theroux take on the train in Chapter 12?

2. Where had the young man traveling to Bangkok sought romantic advice?

3. To what Catholic saint were the Ceylonese praying in Chapter 14?

4. Why did the Ceylonese dynamite the coral reefs.

5. How many people had been killed since the cease-fire (as of December 1973)?

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