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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Kham.
(b) Amdo.
(c) Qinghai.
(d) Lhasa.

3. As David-Neel and Yongden ate one morning, a man they recognized approached from what group of individuals that gave them alms earlier?
(a) Wealthy landowners.
(b) Village chiefs.
(c) Tibetan soldiers.
(d) Religious leaders.

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

5. When David-Neel and Yongden returned to their path where they had first seen the unexpected village, what did they discover?
(a) It was similar to others but cleaner.
(b) It was like others but larger.
(c) It was typical of others.
(d) It was no longer there.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In Chapter III, Yongden and David-Neel continued on toward Lhasa and used what as their story?

4. As a lama might, what did David-Neel do before this well-dressed man who greeted her and moved on without a word?

5. Whom was David-Neel a guest of in Tibet for a time prior to her Lhasa trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did David-Neel note when she and Yongden arrived within the Dainshin province?

2. How did David-Neel describe travel in Tibet as she approached the pass called Tong la?

3. How did David-Neel describe she was able to meet the Dalai Lama?

4. Why did the locals use the phrase "Vulture's Cemetery" to describe the highest peak in the Kha Karpo range?

5. What frightened David-Neel and Yongden at the opening of Chapter III?

6. One morning as she filled her bowl at the river, David-Neel heard Yongden being approached by a peasant who inquired of him what three questions asked at every encounter?

7. What transpired when David-Neel and Yongden were advised by a villager that a local official wanted to see them?

8. How did David-Neel describe the scenery of the Nu Valley?

9. What did David-Neel initially discover when she crossed the pass into Tibet for the first time?

10. How did David-Neel describe the initial encounter she and Yongden had with others on their trek within Tibet?

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