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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and 8, pp. 81-99.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened with the Orient Express when it went through the Alpine tunnel in Chapter 2?
(a) The train slowed down significantly.
(b) The train stopped.
(c) The lights went out.
(d) The train sped up.

2. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?
(a) Hank Aaron.
(b) Jackie Robinson.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) Cal Ripkin.

3. What were the American travelers discussing on the train in Chapter 8?
(a) Their digestive problems.
(b) Religious disputes.
(c) The poverty in India.
(d) Hindu festivals.

4. How was the engineer preparing to convert to Islam?
(a) He was traveling to Mecca.
(b) He was attending a madrassa.
(c) He was reading the Koran.
(d) He was visiting mosques.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the surname Singh mean?

2. What game did Theroux want to play at the Pakistani club in Chapter 7?

3. On what Victoria station platform did Theroux depart on his trip?

4. At what French station did the train join the Orient Express?

5. Why was the cockney man going to Australia?

(see the answer key)

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