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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Militia members were issued guns inferior to those of the regular Tibetan soldiers who were all from within what area?
(a) Qinghai.
(b) Amdo.
(c) Kham.
(d) Lhasa.

2. Yongden's success at "curing" the pilgrim's legs made him a bit of a what in the next village?
(a) Obscurity.
(b) Stooge.
(c) Celebrity.
(d) Nonentity.

3. The man David-Neel and Yongden recalled from earlier sat at their morning fire and ate what which they offered him?
(a) Broth.
(b) Roots.
(c) Yak.
(d) Rice.

4. What river did David-Neel and Yongden initially follow on their trek?
(a) The Indus.
(b) The Arun.
(c) The Ba.
(d) The Mekong.

5. Yongden cast what in the air to catch and consult prophets before he told the pilgrims that ahead they would come across a roadside shrine?
(a) Marbles.
(b) Coins.
(c) Gems.
(d) Pebbles.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and the other passenger hung suspended over the gorge until one of the ferrymen did what?

2. The villagers in the outer regions of Tibet were forced to join a kind of militia but were called into service only for what?

3. What sort of spiritual leader of Tibet did David-Neel describe the Dalai Lama as?

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

(see the answer key)

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