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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden stayed near the border with what individual from whom they concealed their intent to enter Tibet?
(a) A shepherd.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A villager.
(d) A missionary.

2. David-Neel chose to head toward the mountain road in part because it had never been what?
(a) Seen by a Western woman.
(b) Explored by Westerners.
(c) Charted.
(d) Seen by Chinese.

3. On the night David-Neel had returned to their shelter near the fence, she awoke and imagined she heard what?
(a) Pyrotechnics.
(b) Musical instruments.
(c) Fog horns.
(d) Bells.

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

5. What did the wealthy woman traveling by horse and with several servants question David-Neel and Yongden about?
(a) Whether they were Gompchen.
(b) Whether they were Dokpas.
(c) Whether they were Ladki.
(d) Whether they were Philings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did David-Neel and Lama Yongden pose themselves as to enter Tibet undetected?

2. David-Neel acted like she wished to learn locations from her host so she could beg from them, but what did she actually seek to determine?

3. David-Neel met a well-dressed man from the other direction one day so she moved to one side as a peasant, but what was his response?

4. After their guide left and he and David-Neel hike through the pass, Yongden's chief concerns were snow and what else?

5. As David-Neel and Yongden trekked toward a Po mountain path, they ran short of water, and what was their only source located far below?

(see the answer key)

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