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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 and 19, pp. 188-206.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term did the civil servant use to describe a holy man in Chapter 9?
(a) Dervish.
(b) Monk.
(c) Swami.
(d) Saddhu.

2. What religion did Bernard's father follow?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Catholicism.

3. In what year did Twain travel to India?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1896.

4. What was the name of Gandhi's birthplace, visited by Theroux in Chapter 10?
(a) Gujarat.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Simla.

5. In Chapter 8, Theroux was told there was no train to which country?
(a) Burma.
(b) Ceylon.
(c) Laos.
(d) Thailand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many feet did the train ascend before descending into the gorge in Chapter 19?

2. Where did many of the dentists in Simla come from?

3. What Russian writer did Theroux read on the trip in Chapter 7?

4. What religious figure was born in the town of Mathura?

5. In Chapter 13, where was the unpleasant American monk originally from?

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