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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how much did Theroux's meal cost on the train through France?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Eight dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Fifteen dollars.

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

3. What was interesting about the blond Sadiq picked up at the bar in Istanbul?
(a) She was married.
(b) She was an undercover police officer.
(c) She was underage.
(d) She was actually a man.

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

5. What does the frieze in the Peshawar Museum depict?
(a) The birth of Jesus.
(b) The birth of Adam.
(c) The birth of Buddha.
(d) The birth of Muhammad.

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

7. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?
(a) Hank Aaron.
(b) Cal Ripkin.
(c) Jackie Robinson.
(d) Babe Ruth.

8. How did Yashar describe his political leanings in Chapter 2?
(a) He's a democratic socialist.
(b) He's a Stalinist.
(c) He's a Trotskyite.
(d) He's a Marxist.

9. What was the approximate population of Ceylon at the time of Chapter 15?
(a) Twenty million.
(b) Fifteen million.
(c) Twelve million.
(d) Seven million.

10. What was on the marble slabs at the Galta temple entrance?
(a) A list of temple members.
(b) A list of religious beliefs.
(c) A list of service times.
(d) A list of prohibited activities.

11. What term did the Accountant General use when describing the people trying to cheat the government or seek bribes?
(a) Commies.
(b) Blighters.
(c) Baksheesh.
(d) Layabouts.

12. How high did the railway climb through the pass?
(a) 3,200 feet.
(b) 3,600 feet.
(c) 4,000 feet.
(d) 3,000 feet.

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

14. What is the current name of Ceylon?
(a) Myanmar.
(b) Burma.
(c) Sri Lanka.
(d) Siam.

15. Whose alleged grave site did Theroux visit in Ceylon?
(a) Adam and Eve.
(b) Cain and Abel.
(c) Mary and Joseph.
(d) Noah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was baksheesh?

3. What were people using the train tracks for in Vijayayawada in Chapter 12?

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

5. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?

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