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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Philings.
(c) Whether they were Ladki.
(d) Whether they were Dokpas.

2. What river did David-Neel and Yongden initially follow on their trek?
(a) The Ba.
(b) The Arun.
(c) The Indus.
(d) The Mekong.

3. In Chapter III, Yongden and David-Neel continued on toward Lhasa and used what as their story?
(a) They were returning from the Dokar Pass.
(b) They were returning from the frontier.
(c) They were returning from the Kha Karpo.
(d) They were returning from the Potala.

4. What excuse did Yongden give why David-Neel did not eat or speak when they came upon the group that passed earlier later at lunch?
(a) She was the wife of a magician and initiated in secret traditions.
(b) She was the widow of a magician who mourned his recent passing.
(c) She was honoring a holy day, unable to eat or talk until sunset.
(d) She was the mother of a lama who mourned his recent passing.

5. Chapter I began as David-Neel and Yongden were about to enter into independent Tibet from which country?
(a) Bhutan.
(b) China.
(c) India.
(d) Nepal.

6. David-Neel and Yongden feared they might meet someone on the path near this unique village, so they hid in the forest until when?
(a) Well past sunset.
(b) Just past sunset.
(c) Nearly midnight.
(d) Nearly sunset.

7. Which agency sent David-Neel on her 1910 expedition?
(a) The Ministry of Defense.
(b) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
(c) The Ministry of Education.
(d) The Ministry of Culture.

8. David-Neel described a stew prepared from what that she found disgusting but had to eat a bit of to avoid suspicion?
(a) Unskinned fishes.
(b) Organs of animals.
(c) Scorpions and worms.
(d) Venomous snakes.

9. David-Neel and Yongden were unable to travel at night when they came into more inhabited country for what reason?
(a) Because day travel was more common and was less suspicious.
(b) Because night travel raised suspicions of shepherds watching flocks.
(c) Because night travel was uncommon and raised villagers' suspicions.
(d) Because village dogs would howl and give them away.

10. David-Neel and Yongden spent a night in the home of a wealth farmer who in exchange for his hospitality expected Yongden to bless what?
(a) His son and wealth.
(b) His house and farm animals.
(c) His family and farm animals.
(d) His house and family.

11. David-Neel and Yongden had stopped where to eat one day when a wealthy woman traveling by horse also stopped and questioned them?
(a) By a pond near the path.
(b) In a cave near the path.
(c) By a stream near the path.
(d) Under a tree near the path.

12. What did David-Neel and Lama Yongden pose themselves as to enter Tibet undetected?
(a) Arjopas.
(b) Dokpas.
(c) Ponpos.
(d) Philings.

13. The man David-Neel and Yongden recalled from earlier sat at their morning fire and ate what which they offered him?
(a) Yak.
(b) Roots.
(c) Broth.
(d) Rice.

14. As a guest of the Tibetan lama, David-Neel was provided access to what?
(a) The Potala.
(b) Nagspa.
(c) Gompa.
(d) Religious texts.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. David-Neel had a stirring drive to travel and sought out what?

3. What did David-Neel note regarding the spelling of the Tibetan names in her book?

4. Yongden and David-Neel arranged to travel in Tibet disguised as what type of pilgrims?

5. As David-Neel and Yongden progressed into Tibet, they were stopped by officials who briefly questioned and then detained them when?

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