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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 David-Neel met the well-dressed man, they found where to sleep for the night?
(a) A barn with a comfortable hayloft and a nearby pond.
(b) A comfortable cave near a stream by a temple.
(c) An abandoned shed in a distant field from a small village.
(d) An unused temple away from the path and village.

2. What did David-Neel study as a young woman?
(a) Middle Eastern philosophy and comparative religion.
(b) Asian history and comparative religion.
(c) Oriental philosophy and comparative religion.
(d) Oriental history and Buddhism.

3. Whom was David-Neel a guest of in Tibet for a time prior to her Lhasa trip?
(a) The Dalai Lama.
(b) The Red Cap Lama.
(c) The Penchen Lama.
(d) The Lama Yongden.

4. David-Neel and Yongden reached the mountain pass as a blizzard came over and forced them to endure the snow for how long?
(a) 3 full days.
(b) Nearly a week.
(c) 1 full day.
(d) 2 full days.

5. Following the blizzard, how long did David-Neel and Yongden journey on the commonly used trail before they encountered anyone?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden had stopped where to eat one day when a wealthy woman traveling by horse also stopped and questioned them?

2. When Yongden went into the village to make purchases for David-Neel and himself, what did the lama he met ask of him?

3. What ruse did David-Neel use to conceal her crossing with Yongden at the border into Tibet without her two Chinese servants knowing?

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

5. What attitude did Yongden display after "curing" the pilgrim's legs and after he was sought in the next village to predict fortunes and other tricks?

(see the answer key)

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