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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. In Chapter 8, Theroux was told there was no train to which country?
(a) Burma.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Ceylon.
(d) Laos.

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

3. What Mark Twain book did Theroux quote at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson.
(b) Following the Equator.
(c) A Tramp Abroad.
(d) The Innocents Abroad.

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

5. What were people using the train tracks for in Vijayayawada in Chapter 12?
(a) As a gathering place for selling food.
(b) As a place for meeting people.
(c) As a gathering place for feasts.
(d) As a bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author was Theroux reading at the end of Chapter 11?

2. What was the birthplace of the Indian who grew up in Britain and left because of racism?

3. What university did the professor teach at in Chapter 11?

4. What was the translation of the Turkish dish imam bayildi?

5. Which Kipling book did Theroux refer to when describing Lahore?

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