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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religious figure was born in the town of Mathura?
(a) Shiva.
(b) Lord Krishna.
(c) Ganesh.
(d) Gautama Buddha.

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

3. What profession did Theroux claim to ward off questions in Chapter 7?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Trade.
(c) Academia.
(d) Dentistry.

4. Why was the Canadian couple going to Australia?
(a) They did not want to learn French.
(b) They wanted to avoid Europeans.
(c) They did not want to learn German.
(d) They had relatives there.

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

6. Why did the Ceylonese dynamite the coral reefs.
(a) To decorate aquariums with coral.
(b) To make artificial coral.
(c) To make tourist knick-knacks.
(d) To make lime.

7. What university did the professor teach at in Chapter 11?
(a) Delhi University.
(b) Bhopal University.
(c) Rajasthan Univesity.
(d) Jaipur University.

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

9. What book was Theroux reading at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Steppenwolf.
(b) The Autobiography of a Yogi.
(c) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
(d) Siddhartha.

10. What was the topic of the three-day seminar attended by Theroux in Ceylon in Chapter 15?
(a) American literature.
(b) American history.
(c) African literature.
(d) British Literature.

11. What Russian writer did Theroux read on the trip in Chapter 7?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Gogol.
(d) Doestoevsky.

12. Why was Theroux disappointed when the train arrived at Lake Van in Chapter 3?
(a) Passengers were told they could not get off the train.
(b) The train stopped for only a couple of minutes.
(c) It was after sunset, and he could not see anything.
(d) Swimming was not allowed at the beach.

13. What was the birthplace of the Indian who grew up in Britain and left because of racism?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Madras.
(d) Bombay.

14. What Joyce book did Theroux take on the train in Chapter 12?
(a) Dubliners.
(b) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) The Exiles.

15. What crop did the people of Pakhtoonistan hope to derive income from after declaring their independence from Pakistan?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Dried fruit.
(d) Poppies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how much did Theroux's meal cost on the train through France?

2. How far does the train from Delhi to Madras travel?

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

4. What animals did Theroux encounter near the Galta gorge temple?

5. What was baksheesh?

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