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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day after the blizzard cleared, how long did David-Neel and Yongden walk before they unexpectedly came upon a village?
(a) About the time they usually took to hiding.
(b) Well past the time they usually took to hiding.
(c) Roughly an hour after they started.
(d) Well before the time they usually took to hiding.

2. The Dalai Lama was in exile in 1910 for what sort of troubles with a neighboring nation?
(a) "Religious."
(b) "Immigration."
(c) "Political."
(d) "Cultural."

3. Whom did David-Neel identify as having carried a concealed revolver on the journey to Lhasa?
(a) Neither David-Neel or Yongden.
(b) Both herself and Yongden.
(c) Only Yongden.
(d) Only David-Neel.

4. Once it drove out the nation that controlled it, the Tibetan government closed their door to whom?
(a) All Westerners except by rare special permission.
(b) All foreigners except those already residing there.
(c) Only Indians except by rare special permission.
(d) All foreigners except by rare special permission.

5. When David-Neel and Yongden returned to their path where they had first seen the unexpected village, what did they discover?
(a) It was no longer there.
(b) It was like others but larger.
(c) It was similar to others but cleaner.
(d) It was typical of others.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel noted she was "a tiny precious child of" what city?

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. 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?

4. In 1910, what was the neighboring nation that compelled the Dalai Lama's exile?

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

(see the answer key)

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