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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David-Neel briefly related how many Lhasa religious leaders endured persecution by the Tibetan government over which nationality?
(a) Nepalese.
(b) Mongolians.
(c) Bhutanese.
(d) Chinese.

2. At the village where the pair replenished their provisions following their encounter with the strange lama, what did Yongden replace?
(a) His prayer flag.
(b) His medicinal healing bracelet.
(c) His ragged clothing.
(d) His lama cap.

3. 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 left shoulder.
(b) She laid her hand on his arm.
(c) She laid her hand on his head.
(d) She laid her hand on his right shoulder.

4. With a flat place to camp below the ridge marker and the range, why did David-Neel and Yonggden find it essential to build a fire?
(a) To cook.
(b) To keep animals away.
(c) To avoid pneumonia.
(d) To see.

5. The day after David-Neel and Yongden camped following their descent from the ridge marker, how did the terrain affect their trek?
(a) It was rocky, and its slope greatly impeded them.
(b) It was sandy, and its slope greatly hindered them.
(c) It was neither hard nor sandy, but its slope slowed them.
(d) It was neither hard nor sandy, and its slope aided them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did the strange lama who came up to the pair's fire address David-Neel by?

2. David-Neel left the next morning for aid she might find for Yongden, but unsuccessful she returned that night with what that she had found?

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. How many men did David-Neel describe marching in file in the wonderful spectacle that concluded her visit to Lhasa?

5. The route through the Po region that was not on a map crossed how many mountain passes?

(see the answer key)

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