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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day David-Neel met the well-dressed man, they found where to sleep for the night?
(a) A barn with a comfortable hayloft and a nearby pond.
(b) An abandoned shed in a distant field from a small village.
(c) A comfortable cave near a stream by a temple.
(d) An unused temple away from the path and village.

2. The Dalai Lama had heard of David-Neel's scholarship in what field before they met?
(a) Tibetan government.
(b) Tibetan history.
(c) Tibetan religion.
(d) Tibetan customs.

3. Whom did David-Neel identify as having carried a concealed revolver on the journey to Lhasa?
(a) Neither David-Neel or Yongden.
(b) Only David-Neel.
(c) Both herself and Yongden.
(d) Only Yongden.

4. What did David-Neel study as a young woman?
(a) Oriental philosophy and comparative religion.
(b) Asian history and comparative religion.
(c) Middle Eastern philosophy and comparative religion.
(d) Oriental history and Buddhism.

5. 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?
(a) If he might not report his suspicions to local authorities.
(b) If he had not recognized her from a previous trip.
(c) If he had not become suspicious after he thought about it.
(d) If he had not recognized her as a Westerner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tibetan superstition considered it bad luck to pick up what that has fallen to the ground while on a journey?

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

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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