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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 famous military leader seized control of Bayezid in 1402?
(a) Saladin.
(b) El Cid.
(c) Tamerlane.
(d) Genghis Khan.

2. Why did the Ceylonese dynamite the coral reefs.
(a) To decorate aquariums with coral.
(b) To make tourist knick-knacks.
(c) To make lime.
(d) To make artificial coral.

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

4. What was the name of the actors' agent met by Theroux on the Orient Express?
(a) Molesworth.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Greene.
(d) Wainsworth.

5. What kind of architecture was the Kuala Lumpur rail station known for?
(a) Islamic.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Indian.
(d) Victorian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion did Bernard's father follow?

2. Approximately how many of these animals did Theroux see?

3. What magazine was the elderly Indian man reading at the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. How much did it cost to go to the Japanese bath?

5. What Sherlock Holmes story did Theroux allude to in Chapter 19?

(see the answer key)

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