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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was this incident where the pilgrim's legs were "cured" indicative of David-Neel and Yongden's approach to Tibetan spirituality?
(a) They believed no mystical elements and saw all as superstition.
(b) They believed some mystical elements but saw others as superstition.
(c) They believed all mystical elements and saw none as superstition.
(d) They believed two mystical elements but saw remainder as superstition.

2. 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 small town with outlying farms and cottages.
(b) It was like a small city with villas, parks, and palaces.
(c) It was like a quasi-industrial setting with small mills and factories.
(d) It was like a small city with modern buildings and outlying cottages.

3. The Dalai Lama had heard of David-Neel's scholarship in what field before they met?
(a) Tibetan customs.
(b) Tibetan government.
(c) Tibetan religion.
(d) Tibetan history.

4. Yongden was what type of lama widely recognized as having the ability to tell fortunes and perform exorcisms and other mystic rites?
(a) A Nyingma.
(b) A Sakya.
(c) A Penchen.
(d) A Red Cap.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter III, Yongden and David-Neel continued on toward Lhasa and used what as their story?

2. Chapter I began as David-Neel and Yongden were about to enter into independent Tibet from which country?

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

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

5. What did David-Neel view 1912 as a time of in Tibet?

(see the answer key)

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