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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ruse did David-Neel use to conceal her crossing with Yongden at the border into Tibet without her two Chinese servants knowing?
(a) She paid them as if they had arrived, then crossed when they left.
(b) She sent them on separate errands, then crossed in their absence.
(c) She waited until they slept, then crossed without their knowing.
(d) She sent them on a joint errand, then crossed in their absence.

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

3. How did David-Neel and Yongden perceive a village they unexpectedly came upon following the blizzard different from other villages?
(a) It was like a quasi-industrial setting with small mills and factories.
(b) It was like a small city with villas, parks, and palaces.
(c) It was like a small town with outlying farms and cottages.
(d) It was like a small city with modern buildings and outlying cottages.

4. David-Neel had a stirring drive to travel and sought out what?
(a) Far off places that had never previously been explored.
(b) Remote places where she could meet natives of the area.
(c) Isolated places to be completely alone.
(d) Distant places to apply her Oriental history expertise.

5. What did David-Neel and Yongden eventually hear that alerted them that someone was approaching from behind them?
(a) Whistling.
(b) Chanting.
(c) Drums.
(d) Bells.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter II, David-Neel and Yongden traveled in more densely inhabited areas and through several villages at what time?

2. As a guest of the Tibetan lama, David-Neel was provided access to what?

3. David-Neel became a university professor in what country?

4. David-Neel and Yongden later met up again with the pilgrims whose member had sore legs, and the pilgrims reported what?

5. To what location was David-Neel sent on an expedition in 1910?

(see the answer key)

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