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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. While Yongden's injury was not severe, why were he an David-Neel in a difficult situation beyond her inability to carry him far?
2. David-Neel and Yongden had a narrow escape when he was stopped by armed robbers on the path ahead of her when they took how many rupes and began to open his pack?
3. As well as some money David-Neel and Yongden gave him, they told their guide that his having led them to the pass would do what?
4. At the start of Chapter IV, David-Neel and Yongden approached the region known as Po with how many roads across it?
5. The day after David-Neel and Yongden camped following their descent from the ridge marker, how did the terrain affect their trek?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter IV, how did David-Neel describe a river that she and Yongden had to cross, but had missed a bridge over it earlier?
2. Why was it a cowman and his wife sought Yongden to perform rites for their dead son?
3. How was it David-Neel initially described the palace in Lhasa?
4. David-Neel was unable to find anyone to aid Yongden after his injury, but she managed to return with what?
5. As she waited for Yongden outside a monastery, David-Neel took up the offer of a passing woman she met to spend the night at her home and was later particularly impressed for what reason?
6. How did David-Neel describe Lhasa?
7. On the day David-Neel and Yongden left the earthen cave and Yongden stumbled on his improvised crutch past dark, how did they make their way into the structures David-Neel came upon by following a fence in the deep snow?
8. What did David-Neel note about the maps of Tibet that she carried?
9. Given her hesitance due to its possible origin, how did David-Neel accept a piece of bread offered to her at the start of Chapter VI?
10. How did David-Neel describe Tibetan beds?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Early in Chapter I, David-Neel related how a number of hindering difficulties arose that added to each step as the pair approached their journey into Tibet. Examine these problems and how the author responded to them. Was she cautious in the decisions she made in each of these situations?
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
The author's primary goal upon reaching Lhasa was the Dalai Lama's palace, the Potala. Expound on how David-Lee was able to gain entry. What did she discover once inside? What was her reaction?
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