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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals did Theroux encounter near the Galta gorge temple?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Baboons.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Elephants.

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. What were people using the train tracks for in Vijayayawada in Chapter 12?
(a) As a bathroom.
(b) As a gathering place for feasts.
(c) As a gathering place for selling food.
(d) As a place for meeting people.

7. At what French station did the train join the Orient Express?
(a) Gare du Nord.
(b) Gare de Lyon.
(c) Gare Centrale.
(d) Gare du Sud.

8. What Dickens book was Theroux reading in Chapter 3?
(a) Little Dorrit.
(b) Bleak House.
(c) Oliver Twist.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

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

10. What was Duffill eating as the train entered the Alpine tunnel in Italy?
(a) Salami.
(b) Bologna.
(c) Proscuitto.
(d) Mortadella.

11. What religion was the ship's second mate who disliked Indians and Ceylonese?
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Protestant.

12. What country did not have a single inch of railway track?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Turkemistan.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Uzbekistan.

13. What American author did Theroux mention in describing Indians in Chapter 9?
(a) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Bret Harte.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

14. What was the name of Gandhi's birthplace, visited by Theroux in Chapter 10?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Gujarat.
(c) Simla.
(d) Delhi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term did the Accountant General use when describing the people trying to cheat the government or seek bribes?

2. What was the topic of the three-day seminar attended by Theroux in Ceylon in Chapter 15?

3. How did the Tamils clean their teeth on the train in Chapter 12?

4. What was the name of the actors' agent met by Theroux on the Orient Express?

5. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?

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