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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David-Neel and Yongden continued to trek along what river as they got ever nearer their goal?
(a) The Saptakoshi.
(b) The Brahmaputra.
(c) The Mekong.
(d) The Kyi.

2. The Dalai Lama was in exile in 1910 for what sort of troubles with a neighboring nation?
(a) "Immigration."
(b) "Religious."
(c) "Political."
(d) "Cultural."

3. 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?
(a) A brook.
(b) A river.
(c) A well.
(d) A lake.

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

5. To what location was David-Neel sent on an expedition in 1910?
(a) Asia.
(b) Eastern Europe.
(c) South America.
(d) Northern Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. David-Neel briefly related how many Lhasa religious leaders endured persecution by the Tibetan government over which nationality?

2. David-Neel was delighted to be taken as a native, even when a policeman took what action when she tried to enter an area that was off limits to peasants?

3. David-Neel chose to head toward the mountain road in part because it had never been what?

4. David-Neel and Yongden departed Lhasa as quietly as they had arrived how long prior?

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

(see the answer key)

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