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

2. Which faith is holy in the city of Amritsar?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Sikhism.

3. What poem did Molesworth quote while waiting for Yugoslav officials to look over passenger papers in Chapter 2?
(a) The Wasteland.
(b) The Faerie Queene.
(c) Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
(d) Japperwocky.

4. How did Theroux know he had touched bottom while traveling by train?
(a) He was surrounded by Americans.
(b) He was surrounded by locals.
(c) He was surrounded by hippies.
(d) He was surrounded by Australians.

5. Why was the cockney man going to Australia?
(a) There were too many Indians in London.
(b) There were too many blacks in London.
(c) There were too many Americans in London.
(d) There were too many Irish in London.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the trip to Lahore?

2. What was Duffill eating as the train entered the Alpine tunnel in Italy?

3. What English novelist once wrote, "The journey is the goal"?

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

5. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?

(see the answer key)

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