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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 local holiday had many villagers up early in celebration.
(b) A shepherd drove his flock through and delayed their early hike past.
(c) A wrong turn required them to return midday for the right way.
(d) A late start forced them to travel through well after sunrise.

2. Tibet's chief religious leader only came to the Lhasa palace for ceremonies and lived mainly in one of several nearby lamaseries similar to what?
(a) Feudal manors.
(b) Temples.
(c) Sanctuaries.
(d) Monasteries.

3. While Yongden's injury was not severe, why were he an David-Neel in a difficult situation beyond her inability to carry him far?
(a) They had no fuel and little food.
(b) He could not walk far and they had no food.
(c) They had little fuel and no food.
(d) They had little fuel and no water.

4. How many men did David-Neel describe marching in file in the wonderful spectacle that concluded her visit to Lhasa?
(a) Perhaps a thousand.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Several hundred.
(d) Several thousand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The farmland was poor around the village David-Neel described in Po, heavily taxed, and anyone who left was pursued and what?

2. As a guest of the Tibetan lama, David-Neel was provided access to what?

3. David-Neel wore a head cover as she entered the Lhasa palace, but who scolded her to remove it as hats were not to be worn inside?

4. The strange lama apparently recalled David-Neel from a previous time in Tibet, but as she did not recognize him she calmly conversed with him how long and was confident he would not report her?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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