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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did David-Neel view 1912 as a time of in Tibet?
(a) Religious instability.
(b) Military instabilityl.
(c) Political instability.
(d) Cultural instability.

2. What was it David-Neel's trip to Lhasa came about as a result of?
(a) "A series of fortunate situations."
(b) "Dangerous but favorable events."
(c) "Certain favorable conditions."
(d) "Certain peculiar circumstances."

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

4. What sort of spiritual leader of Tibet did David-Neel describe the Dalai Lama as?
(a) The "buddha."
(b) The "prince."
(c) The "king."
(d) The "monarch."

5. The Dalai Lama was in exile in 1910 for what sort of troubles with a neighboring nation?
(a) "Religious."
(b) "Immigration."
(c) "Cultural."
(d) "Political."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What would David-Neel have faced if her true identity was discovered?

3. David-Neel had a stirring drive to travel and sought out what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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