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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was it David-Neel initially entered Tibet?
(a) June 1911.
(b) June 1912.
(c) June 1913.
(d) June 1910.

2. What was the task of the lama that Yongden met when he went into the village to make evening purchases for David-Neel and himself?
(a) He kept a shrine.
(b) He kept a tabernacle.
(c) He kept a sacred garden.
(d) He kept a cemetery.

3. David-Neel was alarmed when a villager who stopped to share food noticed her pale hands and remarked they were like what?
(a) Fresh snow.
(b) A white flower.
(c) A philing's.
(d) The moon.

4. Yongden belonged to a sect that did not recognize superstitious beliefs, so what was his course?
(a) He performed the rituals as a means to provide practical advice.
(b) He performed the rituals, but avoided offering practical advice.
(c) He did not perform the rituals, but still provided practical advice.
(d) He performed the rituals, but only to maintain his identity secret.

5. One night David-Neel and Yongden slept outside a village to pass through early the next day to avoid attention, but what happened?
(a) A wrong turn required them to return midday for the right way.
(b) A late start forced them to travel through well after sunrise.
(c) A local holiday had many villagers up early in celebration.
(d) A shepherd drove his flock through and delayed their early hike past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would David-Neel have faced if her true identity was discovered?

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

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

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

5. The man David-Neel and Yongden recalled from earlier sat at their morning fire and ate what which they offered him?

(see the answer key)

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