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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. In 1910, what was the neighboring nation that compelled the Dalai Lama's exile?
(a) China.
(b) Bhutan.
(c) India.
(d) Mongolia.

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

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) Village chiefs.
(b) Religious leaders.
(c) Tibetan soldiers.
(d) Wealthy landowners.

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

5. David-Neel noted she was "a tiny precious child of" what city?
(a) Paris.
(b) Brussels.
(c) London.
(d) Luxembourg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would David-Neel have faced if her true identity was discovered?

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

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. In 1910, David-Neel was sent on a research expedition for which nation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the gifts David-Neel asked of her parents as she grew up?

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

3. What event that David-Neel described as both "comical" and "unpleasant" transpired when she dyed her hair with Chinese ink to complete her disguise?

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

5. As David-Neel and Yongden approached the Pedo monastery, what transpired?

6. What did David-Neel immediately describe at the opening of Chapter II?

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

8. What was one concern David-Neel noted near the start of Chapter I that would follow her and Yongden during much of their journey, especially the initial half?

9. Toward the end of Chapter I David-Neel and Yongden found a cave one night near the road for shelter from possible snow, and David-Neel arranged for fuel for a fire in what manner?

10. Why was it David-Neel was not altogether unfamiliar with Tibet when she went on a research expedition to the East in 1910?

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