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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Shakespeare play did Anne teach while living in Queenstown?
(a) Richard III.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Macbeth.

2. Where were Ghosh and Rahman from?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Bangladesh.
(c) Ceylon.
(d) India.

3. What local delicacy did Theroux find for sale to passengers at the stations in Burma?
(a) Fried locusts.
(b) Fried ants.
(c) Fried grasshoppers.
(d) Fried mealworms.

4. What kind of stories did Hirai Taro specialize in?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Detective stories.
(c) Tales of terror.
(d) Mysteries.

5. What drug was the Burmese man using on the way to the viaduct?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Opium.
(c) Hashish.
(d) Marajuana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the young man traveling to Bangkok sought romantic advice?

2. What was a rotan?

3. What was Theroux staring at for 15 minutes while at The Mess?

4. According to Mr. Thanoo, what metal was mined in Thailand and Malaysia?

5. What area was Theroux told serves as an off-limits security area in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Theroux describe the clothes laundering he witnessed from the trains in Asia?

2. Why were there no skiers on the mountain in Japan, despite the large amount of perfect snow?

3. Why did Theroux describe Bangkok as a city for transients?

4. Why did Theroux leave behind his passport and camera while trying to go to the Goktiek Viaduct?

5. Describe the Japanese obsession with the high cost of living in Japan.

6. Why were the Vietnamese focused on providing foreign visitors with privileges?

7. Why was the man on the train to Calcutta running away from his girlfriend?

8. How did Westerners and Japanese react to the suicide of the Japanese writer, Yukio Mishima?

9. Why did Theroux find the Singapore government's prediction of electronic connectedness so disturbing?

10. How did Colonel Tuan believe Vietnamese viewed Americans as the war wound down?

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