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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the High Lama like?
(a) a tall, stout man in a white robe
(b) a young man, almost a child
(c) a wizened old man who speaks perfect English
(d) a man of average height and age

2. How does Conway feel after his interview with the High Lama?
(a) anxious and miserable
(b) angry and determined
(c) confused and skeptical
(d) serene and happy

3. What does Chang come to tell Conway late at night?
(a) the lamas all want to meet with him
(b) the High Lama wants to see him immediately
(c) Lo-Tsen wants to meet him personally
(d) the porters have come and gone

4. Who was the monk who came to the Valley of the Blue Moon in the 18th Century?
(a) Brother Pierre
(b) Father Perrault
(c) Brother Piedmont
(d) Father Perrier

5. Returning to Conway, what does Mallinson think about doing?
(a) committing suicide
(b) blowing up Shangri-La and killing the High Lama
(c) kidnapping the High Lama
(d) forcing Conway to go with him at gun point

6. Before he dies, what does the High Lama give to Conway?
(a) a map for leaving Shangri-La
(b) a blessing for a happy life
(c) a written record of Shangri-La
(d) the responsibility for Shangri-La

7. What does Conway say he considers himself?
(a) uneducated
(b) ordinary
(c) ambitious
(d) lazy

8. What does Conway also learn from the High Lama?
(a) the library is about to expand
(b) no one can leave Shangri-La
(c) the mountain is crumbling
(d) explorers are coming to the valley

9. What does Conway try to warn Mallinson about?
(a) Lo-Tsen's real age and what will happen to her if she leaves
(b) the dangers of avalanche on the mountains
(c) an approaching snow storm
(d) the guards around Shangri-La who will shoot to kill

10. What was Chang before coming to Shangri-La?
(a) a teacher
(b) an explorer
(c) a Taoist monk
(d) a soldier

11. What does Chang say about anyone who falls in love with Lo-Tsen?
(a) She will suddenly show her real age
(b) She will be repulsed
(c) She will respond and want to leave
(d) She will respond without passion

12. Of the four in their group, what do all of them except Mallinson decide?
(a) they will become accustomed to the food
(b) they would like to stay in Shangri-La for awhile
(c) they need to have more conversation among themselves
(d) they would like to escape as soon as possible

13. What has Mallinson done to organize an escape?
(a) paid some porters in advance
(b) bribed a man from the valley
(c) bought some fur-lined clothes
(d) found some maps

14. What does Miss Brinklow decide to do?
(a) set off on foot by herself
(b) start a Christian church in the valley
(c) write a book about Shangri-La
(d) learn the Tibetan language

15. What was the monk's condition when he reached the valley?
(a) suffering amnesia
(b) hungry but mobile
(c) near death
(d) healthy but tired

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mallinson want Conway to be?

2. How long is it before Conway sees the High Lama again?

3. Where do they decide they want to go?

4. How old is the most recent book in the library?

5. Why does Barnard go frequently to the Valley of the Blue Moon?

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