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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden feared they might meet someone on the path near this unique village, so they hid in the forest until when?
(a) Well past sunset.
(b) Just past sunset.
(c) Nearly sunset.
(d) Nearly midnight.

2. David-Neel and Yongden mistakenly loitered by an official's home and left in haste but were advised to return, so what did they quickly do?
(a) David-Neel set her load down to return while Yongden waited.
(b) Yongden set his load down to return while David-Neel waited.
(c) Yongden and David-Neel both returned with their loads.
(d) Yongden and David-Neel both returned without their loads.

3. David-Neel and Yongden had stopped where to eat one day when a wealthy woman traveling by horse also stopped and questioned them?
(a) By a stream near the path.
(b) Under a tree near the path.
(c) By a pond near the path.
(d) In a cave near the path.

4. What excuse did Yongden give why David-Neel did not eat or speak when they came upon the group that passed earlier later at lunch?
(a) She was honoring a holy day, unable to eat or talk until sunset.
(b) She was the mother of a lama who mourned his recent passing.
(c) She was the wife of a magician and initiated in secret traditions.
(d) She was the widow of a magician who mourned his recent passing.

5. 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 plates.
(b) Her small compass.
(c) Her cups.
(d) Her forks and spoons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once it drove out the nation that controlled it, the Tibetan government closed their door to whom?

2. Which agency sent David-Neel on her 1910 expedition?

3. When Yongden went into the village to make purchases for David-Neel and himself, what did the lama he met ask of him?

4. When David-Neel and Yongden returned to their path where they had first seen the unexpected village, what did they discover?

5. The Introduction to My Journey to Lhasa provided the background for which of David-Neel's historic treks into remote Asia?

(see the answer key)

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