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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and 10, pp. 100- 123.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Yashar describe his political leanings in Chapter 2?
(a) He's a Marxist.
(b) He's a Trotskyite.
(c) He's a Stalinist.
(d) He's a democratic socialist.

2. How many tunnels went through the mountain pass?
(a) 40.
(b) 28.
(c) 30.
(d) 34.

3. What Dickens book was Theroux reading in Chapter 3?
(a) Oliver Twist.
(b) A Tale of Two Cities.
(c) Little Dorrit.
(d) Bleak House.

4. What was the name of the mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
(a) Peshawar Pass.
(b) Khana Pass.
(c) Jalalabad Pass.
(d) Khyber Pass.

5. What Mark Twain book did Theroux quote at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Following the Equator.
(b) The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson.
(c) The Innocents Abroad.
(d) A Tramp Abroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?

2. What was the name of the city where one hippie was heading to join an ashram?

3. What famous military leader seized control of Bayezid in 1402?

4. What crop did the people of Pakhtoonistan hope to derive income from after declaring their independence from Pakistan?

5. What was the translation of the Turkish dish imam bayildi?

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