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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Mallinson challenge Conway?
(a) he dares Conway to leave
(b) he says Conway has no proof
(c) he calls Conway a coward
(d) he offers to give up Lo-Tsen

3. What happens at breakfast the morning after Conway visits the High Lama?
(a) the others will not speak to Conway
(b) the others all have questions about the meeting
(c) the others show Conway deep respect
(d) Conway's breakfast is served in his room

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

5. What ideas do the lamas have that Miss Brinklow is opposed to?
(a) broadmindedness and moderation
(b) free love and excesses
(c) drinking and gambling
(d) nirvana and experience

6. Where do they decide they want to go?
(a) back to see the wreckage of the plane
(b) up to the top of Karakal
(c) into the lamasery itslef
(d) down into the populated valley below

7. After Conway tells Mallinson what he knows about Shangri-La, what does Mallinson think about Conway?
(a) that he will leave with him anyway
(b) that he is trying to take Lo-Tsen from him
(c) that he has lost his mind
(d) that he is making the whole thing up

8. What does Chang tell Barnard about newspapers at Shangri-La?
(a) there are old copies of the London Times
(b) there are no newspapers there
(c) there are old copies of Chinese newspapers
(d) newspapers are not available except to the lamas

9. What is Mallinson unable to do?
(a) find his way to Lo-Tsen
(b) get out of the mountain pass alone
(c) get Barnard to go with him
(d) carry the gold he has taken

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

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

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

13. How long is it before Conway sees the High Lama again?
(a) a year
(b) three days
(c) six months
(d) only a month

14. What custom of the people did Father Perrault observe?
(a) using a local berry as a narcotic
(b) building elaborate houses
(c) doing as little work as possible
(d) polygamy being practiced

15. What does Conway learn from Chang?
(a) that he was kidnapped and brought to the lamasery
(b) that he spent the first five years as an ordinary man
(c) that he is only 22 years old
(d) that he will never become a lama

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the High Lama like?

4. Why does the High Lama say Conway and his companions were chosen to come here?

5. What social event happens that Conway is familiar with?

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