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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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

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

4. What does Mallinson insist about Lo-Tsen?
(a) She is young and in love with him
(b) She has been trying to leave ever since she arrived
(c) She needs to go where her music will be heard
(d) She is young and needs to get out of the dreary place

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

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

7. Why does the High Lama say Conway and his companions were chosen to come here?
(a) to help recruit new people
(b) to record the history of Shangri-La
(c) to add diversity to Shangri-La
(d) to realize their own spirituality

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

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

10. What does Conway next discover about Mallinson?
(a) He wants to become a lama
(b) He has been stealing artifacts
(c) He is interested in Lo-Tsen
(d) He has deicded he wants to stay

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

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

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

14. What disturbs Mallinson after the porters come and go without taking him with them?
(a) Blue Moon men are the ones who go for their supplies
(b) No porters will ever agree to take him away
(c) He will have to wait nine months for the next ones
(d) There really are no porters

15. What has Chang seen when people try to leave Shangri-La?
(a) they die at the border
(b) they suddenly show their true age
(c) they have fatal accidents
(d) they cannot exist in the outside world

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conway believe that makes him want to stay in Shangri-La?

2. Returning to Conway, what does Mallinson think about doing?

3. As his dream of Shangri-La dissolves, what does Conway agree to do?

4. What will Conway lose the longer he lives in Shangri-La?

5. When does the High Lama say the meek shall inherit the earth?

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