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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the wealthy woman traveling by horse and with several servants question David-Neel and Yongden about?
(a) Whether they were Philings.
(b) Whether they were Gompchen.
(c) Whether they were Ladki.
(d) Whether they were Dokpas.

2. What did David-Neel note regarding the spelling of the Tibetan names in her book?
(a) She spelled them in modern French.
(b) She spelled them in modern Tibetan.
(c) She spelled them phonetically.
(d) She spelled them in Old English.

3. What did David-Neel view 1912 as a time of in Tibet?
(a) Cultural instability.
(b) Religious instability.
(c) Military instabilityl.
(d) Political instability.

4. What did David-Neel and Yongden eventually hear that alerted them that someone was approaching from behind them?
(a) Bells.
(b) Whistling.
(c) Chanting.
(d) Drums.

5. What would David-Neel have faced if her true identity was discovered?
(a) Execution.
(b) Imprisonment.
(c) Deportation.
(d) A fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden eventually reached what type of marker placed at summits and passes to identify the path?

2. What pass did David-Neel and Yongden initially travel toward with two Chinese men hired to help carry their loads?

3. Yongden cast what in the air to catch and consult prophets before he told the pilgrims that ahead they would come across a roadside shrine?

4. David-Neel was alarmed when a villager who stopped to share food noticed her pale hands and remarked they were like what?

5. Yongden's success at "curing" the pilgrim's legs made him a bit of a what in the next village?

(see the answer key)

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