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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Yongden respond to David-Neel's admonishment after they left the village for having drawn so much attention with his actions?
(a) He argued.
(b) He sulked.
(c) He complained.
(d) He balked.

3. What was it David-Neel's trip to Lhasa came about as a result of?
(a) "Certain favorable conditions."
(b) "Certain peculiar circumstances."
(c) "A series of fortunate situations."
(d) "Dangerous but favorable events."

4. What did David-Neel note regarding the spelling of the Tibetan names in her book?
(a) She spelled them in modern French.
(b) She spelled them in Old English.
(c) She spelled them in modern Tibetan.
(d) She spelled them phonetically.

5. Outer regions felt animosity toward Tibet's government, so if better armed and organized it was feared they would not submit to the rule of what area?
(a) Lhasa.
(b) Qinghai.
(c) Amdo.
(d) Kham.

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

7. At the shrine, the ill pilgrim was to be fed well, and his legs were to be rubbed with hot water containing some what that Yongden offered?
(a) Holy leaves.
(b) Holy spices.
(c) Holy sand.
(d) Holy pebbles.

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

9. 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) Just past sunset.
(b) Well past sunset.
(c) Nearly midnight.
(d) Nearly sunset.

10. David-Neel was alarmed when a villager who stopped to share food noticed her pale hands and remarked they were like what?
(a) The moon.
(b) A philing's.
(c) Fresh snow.
(d) A white flower.

11. At a river gorge in Tsawa, one crossed with what that was hung from a line secured to the sides of the ravine?
(a) A wooden barrel.
(b) A large basket.
(c) A loop of leather.
(d) A net sack.

12. 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 mother of a lama who mourned his recent passing.
(c) She was honoring a holy day, unable to eat or talk until sunset.
(d) She was the widow of a magician who mourned his recent passing.

13. Who went with David-Neel over the gorge as ferrymen pulled them by a towline which broke and left them suspended over the ravine?
(a) A boy.
(b) A girl.
(c) A man.
(d) A woman.

14. Whom was David-Neel a guest of in Tibet for a time prior to her Lhasa trip?
(a) The Red Cap Lama.
(b) The Penchen Lama.
(c) The Dalai Lama.
(d) The Lama Yongden.

15. As David-Neel and Yongden traveled farther, they were more sure of being taken as pilgrims and stayed with whom instead of in forests?
(a) Landowners.
(b) Herdsmen.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Villagers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The villagers in the outer regions of Tibet were forced to join a kind of militia but were called into service only for what?

2. Yongden cast what in the air to catch and consult prophets before he told the pilgrims that ahead they would come across a roadside shrine?

3. Once it drove out the nation that controlled it, the Tibetan government closed their door to whom?

4. What was the task of the lama that Yongden met when he went into the village to make evening purchases for David-Neel and himself?

5. As Chapter II ended, how did David-Neel salute an official after he gave Yongden a coin when she begged for alms?

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