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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day after the blizzard cleared, how long did David-Neel and Yongden walk before they unexpectedly came upon a village?
(a) About the time they usually took to hiding.
(b) Roughly an hour after they started.
(c) Well past the time they usually took to hiding.
(d) Well before the time they usually took to hiding.

2. On the unmapped path, David-Neel and Yongden risked running into bands of thieves who might kill them to keep what secret?
(a) Their methods.
(b) Their hiding places.
(c) Their identities.
(d) Their stolen goods.

3. Once it drove out the nation that controlled it, the Tibetan government closed their door to whom?
(a) All foreigners except those already residing there.
(b) All Westerners except by rare special permission.
(c) All foreigners except by rare special permission.
(d) Only Indians except by rare special permission.

4. In the final chapter, David-Neel described the Samye that she saw as she left the country, the first Buddhist monastery of Tibet built when?
(a) 2 A.D.
(b) 8 B.C.
(c) 8 A.D.
(d) 2 B.C.

5. That evening, while guests of the man they shared their meal with, David-Neel asked their host where what other individuals lived?
(a) Military members.
(b) Wealthy landowners.
(c) Government officials.
(d) Religious leaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. While David-Neel an Yongden had heard stories about the Popas all having been robbers and possibly cannibals, how did she describe them as having been?

2. 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?

3. When David-Neel and Yongden returned to their path where they had first seen the unexpected village, what did they discover?

4. What town on the border of Tibet was the destination of David-Neel and Yongden as they departed Lhasa?

5. Yongden belonged to a sect that did not recognize superstitious beliefs, so what was his course?

(see the answer key)

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