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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attitude did Yongden display after "curing" the pilgrim's legs and after he was sought in the next village to predict fortunes and other tricks?

2. As David-Neel and Yongden traveled farther, they were more sure of being taken as pilgrims and stayed with whom instead of in forests?

3. How was this incident where the pilgrim's legs were "cured" indicative of David-Neel and Yongden's approach to Tibetan spirituality?

4. Yongden's success at "curing" the pilgrim's legs made him a bit of a what in the next village?

5. One night David-Neel and Yongden slept outside a village to pass through early the next day to avoid attention, but what happened?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why were David-Neel and Yongden advised by a local man to go to the Pedo monastery?

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

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

5. What did David-Neel note about her trek up the mountains on her initial visit in Tibet?

6. What was Yongden's response when he was approached to perform rites for someone who had died as Chapter I closed?

7. Where had David-Neel traveled in Tibet prior to her journey into Lhasa?

8. What did David-Neel describe as she opened in Chapter I?

9. How did David-Neel note this departure into Tibet differed from some of her earlier experiences?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author had several run-ins with policemen or constables during her stay in Lhasa. Address each of these and explain what initiated the encounters. Judge her success in each instance at maintaining her disguise.

Essay Topic 2

David-Neel noted that numerous methods were customarily followed the initial month of each year in Tibet to seek omens concerning the future. She then went on to describe one. Elaborate on what the author witnessed. Consider why she found it "a rather strange way" of predicting the future. What was the outcome in this particular episode?

Essay Topic 3

Access to Tibet was prohibited to foreigners at the time of David-Neel's journey to Lhasa. As the author was a Frenchwoman and not Tibetan, she approached this ban in a variety of ways in order to evade deportation. Evaluate the techniques that she employed throughout this trip and their comparative effectiveness.

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