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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 and 12, pp. 124-145.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the professor say Indians claimed knowledge they did not actually have?
(a) They did not want to seem ignorant in front of Westerners.
(b) They wanted to make Indian history sound more fascinating.
(c) They were taught wrong things in school.
(d) They were ashamed of Indian and Hindu history.

2. 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) The Innocents Abroad.
(d) Following the Equator.

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

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

5. What was the name of the city where one hippie was heading to join an ashram?
(a) Khatmandhu.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Pondicherry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one American take to deal with the Indian food and water?

2. What was the birthplace of the Indian who grew up in Britain and left because of racism?

3. How did Yashar describe his political leanings in Chapter 2?

4. What Russian writer did Theroux read on the trip in Chapter 7?

5. What country did not have a single inch of railway track?

(see the answer key)

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