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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26 and 27, pp. 268-288.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How often did Japanese workers receive a bonus?
(a) Once every four years.
(b) Twice a year.
(c) Once a year.
(d) Four times a year.

3. What did Theroux write was a common form of Japanese courtesy among parents?
(a) They gave fancy gifts to their children's teachers.
(b) They provided teachers with extra pay.
(c) They helped out in the classrooms.
(d) They treated their children's teachers to fancy dinners.

4. Why did the young man leaving Bangalore to go to Bangkok in Chapter 16?
(a) To escape his parents.
(b) To escape a debtor.
(c) To escape his wife.
(d) To escape his girlfriend.

5. What did Theroux write was the greatest tragedy of American involvement in Vietnam?
(a) That we had backed the wrong side.
(b) That we never planned to stay.
(c) That we had come in the first place.
(d) That we had stayed too long.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Theroux disappointed when the train arrived at Lake Van in Chapter 3?

2. What was on the marble slabs at the Galta temple entrance?

3. What was a rotan?

4. What was baksheesh?

5. What was unique about the prostitute picked up by the tattooed American?

(see the answer key)

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