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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pass did David-Neel and Yongden initially travel toward with two Chinese men hired to help carry their loads?
(a) The Nathu La.
(b) The Khardong La.
(c) The Tanggu.
(d) The Dokar.

2. One night David-Neel and Yongden slept outside a village to pass through early the next day to avoid attention, but what happened?
(a) A late start forced them to travel through well after sunrise.
(b) A wrong turn required them to return midday for the right way.
(c) A shepherd drove his flock through and delayed their early hike past.
(d) A local holiday had many villagers up early in celebration.

3. Chapter I began as David-Neel and Yongden were about to enter into independent Tibet from which country?
(a) Bhutan.
(b) China.
(c) India.
(d) Nepal.

4. What did David-Neel and Lama Yongden pose themselves as to enter Tibet undetected?
(a) Philings.
(b) Ponpos.
(c) Dokpas.
(d) Arjopas.

5. What ruse did David-Neel use to conceal her crossing with Yongden at the border into Tibet without her two Chinese servants knowing?
(a) She paid them as if they had arrived, then crossed when they left.
(b) She sent them on separate errands, then crossed in their absence.
(c) She sent them on a joint errand, then crossed in their absence.
(d) She waited until they slept, then crossed without their knowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a lama might, what did David-Neel do before this well-dressed man who greeted her and moved on without a word?

2. How was it David-Neel managed to meet the Dalai Lama?

3. The morning after David-Neel's encounter with a well-dressed man, she lost and frantically looked for what before she found it?

4. Yongden was what type of lama widely recognized as having the ability to tell fortunes and perform exorcisms and other mystic rites?

5. What did David-Neel and Yongden eventually hear that alerted them that someone was approaching from behind them?

(see the answer key)

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