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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a lama might, what did David-Neel do before this well-dressed man who greeted her and moved on without a word?
(a) She laid her hand on his right shoulder.
(b) She laid her hand on his left shoulder.
(c) She laid her hand on his arm.
(d) She laid her hand on his head.

2. When Yongden went into the village to make purchases for David-Neel and himself, what did the lama he met ask of him?
(a) To perform birth rites of an infant.
(b) To condut a weddingceremony.
(c) To perform prayer rituals.
(d) To perform funeral rites.

3. What was the term David-Neel used to describe the Tibetan prohibition of certain travelers?
(a) "Peculiar."
(b) "Understandable."
(c) "Absurd."
(d) "Disappointing."

4. What did David-Neel and Yongden eventually hear that alerted them that someone was approaching from behind them?
(a) Whistling.
(b) Bells.
(c) Drums.
(d) Chanting.

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 similar to others but cleaner.
(c) It was like others but larger.
(d) It was typical of others.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. While David-Neel was a guest of the lama, the instability within Tibet had driven out which nation?

3. Yongden was continually stopped and asked to perform what type of rituals along their way?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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