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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has never happened before at Shangri-La?
(a) the High Lama seeing someone again so soon
(b) the High Lama leaving his apartment
(c) an avalanche on Mt. Karakal
(d) becoming a lama after only one visit to the High Lama

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

3. What does Conway learn about Lo-Tsen?
(a) She learned to play the harpsichord at Shangri-La
(b) She is a very new arrival
(c) She was a Chinese princess
(d) She is over 300 years old

4. What is special about the French lama, Alphonse Briac?
(a) he knew Moliere
(b) he fought with Napoleon
(c) he speaks eleven languages
(d) he studied under Chopin

5. Why does Barnard go frequently to the Valley of the Blue Moon?
(a) to get away from the others
(b) to drink and socialize
(c) to ask many questions
(d) to stay with a woman

6. As his dream of Shangri-La dissolves, what does Conway agree to do?
(a) tell Chang good-bye
(b) go with Mallinson
(c) cause an avalanche to bury Shangri-La
(d) never tell anyone about Shangri-La

7. Why does Conway not get answers to some of his questions?
(a) Chang does not understand his questions
(b) Chang says he cannot reveal everything
(c) Chang pretends he does not hear
(d) Chang does not know the answers

8. How does Mallinson describe Lo-Tsen?
(a) like a robot
(b) like a spirit
(c) like a person in a trance
(d) like an ivory doll

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

10. How does the High Lama begin his meeting with Conway?
(a) telling the complex story of Shangri-La
(b) asking Conway questions about England
(c) complaining about the behavior of Mallinson
(d) quizzing Conway about religion

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

12. What does Conway learn about Mallinson and Lo-Tsen?
(a) that she is waiting for him with the porters
(b) that they have made physical love
(c) that they have broken up and she waits for Conway
(d) that they do not really love each other

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

14. What will Conway lose the longer he lives in Shangri-La?
(a) his memory
(b) muscle and the enjoyment of physical appetites
(c) his need for food and water
(d) his desire to leave

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In subsequent meetings, what do Conway and the High Lama discuss?

2. What does Chang do after he delivers Conway to the High Lama?

3. What agitates Mallinson one night?

4. What was the monk's condition when he reached the valley?

5. What is the High Lama like?

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