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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who was the young Austrian who came to the valley of the Blue Moon around this period?
(a) Henschell
(b) Virgil
(c) Driscoll
(d) Henshaw

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Chang do after he delivers Conway to the High Lama?
(a) makes tea
(b) stands guard at the door
(c) leaves them alone
(d) takes a seat next to the High Lama

12. What agitates Mallinson one night?
(a) He has a plan to escape
(b) He has married Lo-Tsen
(c) He wants to steal some gold
(d) Lo-Tsen has turned down his proposal

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

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

15. What does Conway believe that makes him want to stay in Shangri-La?
(a) He will age if he tries to leave
(b) They will die trying to leave
(c) He is the true High Lama
(d) There will be another war

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mallinson unable to do?

2. What are the quarters of the High Lama like?

3. What does Mallinson want Conway to be?

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

5. Why is Conway excited about meeting the High Lama?

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