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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What modern items did David-Neel carry hidden away with her?
(a) Plates and spoons.
(b) Spoons and a compass.
(c) A lantern and a compass.
(d) A lantern and plates.

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

3. As a lama might, what did David-Neel do before this well-dressed man who greeted her and moved on without a word?
(a) She laid her hand on his right shoulder.
(b) She laid her hand on his head.
(c) She laid her hand on his left shoulder.
(d) She laid her hand on his arm.

4. What pass did David-Neel and Yongden initially travel toward with two Chinese men hired to help carry their loads?
(a) The Tanggu.
(b) The Nathu La.
(c) The Dokar.
(d) The Khardong La.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the shrine, the ill pilgrim was to be fed well, and his legs were to be rubbed with hot water containing some what that Yongden offered?

2. 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?

3. What attitude did Yongden display after "curing" the pilgrim's legs and after he was sought in the next village to predict fortunes and other tricks?

4. The Introduction to My Journey to Lhasa provided the background for which of David-Neel's historic treks into remote Asia?

5. In 1910, the Dalai Lama was in exile in what location?

(see the answer key)

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