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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20 and 21, pp. 207-223.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area was Theroux told serves as an off-limits security area in Chapter 17?
(a) Pagan.
(b) Lashio.
(c) Inle Lake.
(d) Rangoon.

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

3. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?
(a) Tamerlane.
(b) Ahmad Khan.
(c) King Babar.
(d) Genghis Khan.

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

5. What game did Theroux want to play at the Pakistani club in Chapter 7?
(a) Pool.
(b) Darts.
(c) Snooker.
(d) Poker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new food had the Ceylonese begun planting because of their starvation?

2. Why was the cockney man going to Australia?

3. What was the feast day of the saint to whom the Ceylonese were praying?

4. How did Theroux know he had touched bottom while traveling by train?

5. Where did Sadiq go to enjoy himself when not taking pilgrims to Mecca?

(see the answer key)

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