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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 did a stranger attempt to bargain for when he saw David-Neel and Yongden's open packs as they ate breakfast one morning?

2. The last part of Chapter VI focused on David-Neel's worries as she and Yongden had to get approval at an official's residence in order to cross a river bridge and travel beyond it, but how did it end?

3. At the village where the pair replenished their provisions following their encounter with the strange lama, what did Yongden replace?

4. What type of visitors did David-Neel and Yongden wait for outside the Dalai Lama's traditional palace before they entered?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did David-Neel describe it as "a happy inspiration" when she chose the start of the year for her stay in Lhasa?

2. How did David-Neel describe Lhasa?

3. Why was it a cowman and his wife sought Yongden to perform rites for their dead son?

4. How did David-Neel describe a typical bridge found in remote regions of Tibet?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. How did David-Neel describe the manner in which Asians approached respecting others who slept?

8. How did Yongden depart the monastery where he met a monk who came from the region where Yongden's great-grandfather had been a lama?

9. How was it David-Neel initially described the palace in Lhasa?

10. As she was unable to return before dark, how did David-Neel find the cave Yongden had remained in after is injury?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assess why David-Neel and Yongden planned to arrive in Thana at night, yet she advised they had "arranged it even too well that time" and the subsequent consequences. Evaluate how the pair responded to the situation as it unfolded.

Essay Topic 2

The author explained in the Introduction how her trip to Lhasa came about due to a number of peculiar circumstances. Examine the various factors that resulted in David-Neel's trek into Tibet. How did each factor in?

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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