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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Yongden went into the village to make purchases for David-Neel and himself, what did the lama he met ask of him?
(a) To perform prayer rituals.
(b) To perform funeral rites.
(c) To condut a weddingceremony.
(d) To perform birth rites of an infant.

2. In Chapter III, Yongden and David-Neel continued on toward Lhasa and used what as their story?
(a) They were returning from the frontier.
(b) They were returning from the Dokar Pass.
(c) They were returning from the Potala.
(d) They were returning from the Kha Karpo.

3. The last part of Chapter VI focused on David-Neel's worries as she and Yongden had to get approval at an official's residence in order to cross a river bridge and travel beyond it, but how did it end?
(a) The official was not home, so Yongden got approval from his son.
(b) Both went inside while Yongden got approval.
(c) She faked illness outside while Yongden got approval inside.
(d) She sat outside while Yongden got approval inside.

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 the wife of a magician and initiated in secret traditions.
(b) She was the widow of a magician who mourned his recent passing.
(c) She was the mother of a lama who mourned his recent passing.
(d) She was honoring a holy day, unable to eat or talk until sunset.

5. How did David-Neel refer to the boarding husband whose assisting wife was injured?
(a) "The Captain."
(b) "The Colonel."
(c) "The Commander."
(d) "The Sergeant."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the term David-Neel used to describe the Tibetan prohibition of certain travelers?

2. What river did David-Neel and Yongden initially follow on their trek?

3. What ruse did David-Neel use to conceal her crossing with Yongden at the border into Tibet without her two Chinese servants knowing?

4. In the last village David-Neel and Yongden came upon in Chapter V, how did the villagers respond as they passed through?

5. David-Neel met a well-dressed man from the other direction one day so she moved to one side as a peasant, but what was his response?

(see the answer key)

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