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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden looked for a place to camp and saw a patch of yellow near their water source that turned out to be what?
(a) A pile of hay.
(b) A thatched shed.
(c) A patch of flowers.
(d) A thatched cottage.

2. How were these roads across Po described to David-Neel and Yongden?
(a) Three were well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(b) One was well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(c) Four were well-traveled, the other unmapped.
(d) Two were well-traveled, the other unmapped.

3. The strange lama apparently recalled David-Neel from a previous time in Tibet, but as she did not recognize him she calmly conversed with him how long and was confident he would not report her?
(a) Until sunrise.
(b) A couple hours.
(c) Late into the night.
(d) About an hour.

4. The morning after David-Neel's encounter with a well-dressed man, she lost and frantically looked for what before she found it?
(a) Her small compass.
(b) Her forks and spoons.
(c) Her plates.
(d) Her cups.

5. How was this incident where the pilgrim's legs were "cured" indicative of David-Neel and Yongden's approach to Tibetan spirituality?
(a) They believed no mystical elements and saw all as superstition.
(b) They believed all mystical elements and saw none as superstition.
(c) They believed two mystical elements but saw remainder as superstition.
(d) They believed some mystical elements but saw others as superstition.

Short Answer Questions

1. The day after David-Neel and Yongden camped following their descent from the ridge marker, how did the terrain affect their trek?

2. As David-Neel and Yongden trekked toward a Po mountain path, they ran short of water, and what was their only source located far below?

3. Yongden told David-Neel he thought the well-dressed man saw she was a lama and so saluted her, but she began to wonder what?

4. David-Neel briefly related how many Lhasa religious leaders endured persecution by the Tibetan government over which nationality?

5. In the latter half of Chapter VI, David-Neel detailed that she learned that which friend had been forced out of his palace and into exile?

(see the answer key)

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