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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yongden was stopped by a pilgrim group who sought his aid for which of their members whose legs they believed hurt due to a demon?
(a) A man.
(b) A woman.
(c) A boy.
(d) A girl.

2. 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 waited until they slept, then crossed without their knowing.
(d) She sent them on a joint errand, then crossed in their absence.

3. In 1910, David-Neel was sent on a research expedition for which nation?
(a) Luxembourg.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Belgium.

4. On the day after the blizzard cleared, how long did David-Neel and Yongden walk before they unexpectedly came upon a village?
(a) About the time they usually took to hiding.
(b) Roughly an hour after they started.
(c) Well before the time they usually took to hiding.
(d) Well past the time they usually took to hiding.

5. 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) Yongden and David-Neel both returned without their loads.
(b) Yongden set his load down to return while David-Neel waited.
(c) David-Neel set her load down to return while Yongden waited.
(d) Yongden and David-Neel both returned with their loads.

Short Answer Questions

1. One night David-Neel and Yongden slept outside a village to pass through early the next day to avoid attention, but what happened?

2. What sort of spiritual leader of Tibet did David-Neel describe the Dalai Lama as?

3. After being delayed in the one village, David-Neel remained at their camp outside another that night, and Yongden went inside to purchase what?

4. The Dalai Lama had heard of David-Neel's scholarship in what field before they met?

5. Who was the first to approach and then pass David-Neel and Yongden on the trail from behind?

(see the answer key)

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