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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom was David-Neel a guest of in Tibet for a time prior to her Lhasa trip?
(a) The Dalai Lama.
(b) The Lama Yongden.
(c) The Penchen Lama.
(d) The Red Cap Lama.

2. 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 had not recognized her as a Westerner.
(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 might not report his suspicions to local authorities.

3. Yongden only intended to give the pilgrim's legs some rest, but those accompanying the pilgrim faithfully believed what?
(a) The ritual would remove the demon.
(b) The ritual might ease the discomfort.
(c) The ritual might remedy a malady.
(d) The ritual would cure an ailment.

4. What did David-Neel note regarding the spelling of the Tibetan names in her book?
(a) She spelled them phonetically.
(b) She spelled them in Old English.
(c) She spelled them in modern Tibetan.
(d) She spelled them in modern French.

5. David-Neel was alarmed when a villager who stopped to share food noticed her pale hands and remarked they were like what?
(a) A white flower.
(b) A philing's.
(c) Fresh snow.
(d) The moon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What pass did David-Neel and Yongden initially travel toward with two Chinese men hired to help carry their loads?

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

4. Whom did David-Neel identify as having carried a concealed revolver on the journey to Lhasa?

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

(see the answer key)

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