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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. How many tunnels went through the mountain pass?
(a) 28.
(b) 30.
(c) 34.
(d) 40.

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

3. What Mark Twain book did Theroux quote at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) A Tramp Abroad.
(b) The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson.
(c) Following the Equator.
(d) The Innocents Abroad.

4. What magazine was the elderly Indian man reading at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Premiere.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Bollywood Today.
(d) Filmfare.

5. In what year did Twain travel to India?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the English missionary in Madras claim other missionaries were doing?

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

3. In what year was the Goktiek Viaduct built?

4. What was the approximate population of Ceylon at the time of Chapter 15?

5. Which faith is holy in the city of Amritsar?

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