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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Barnard turn out to be?
(a) a secret undercover agent
(b) an exiled political leader
(c) Chalmers Bryant, a man wanted by the police
(d) Martin Sanders, an American pilot

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

3. What does the High Lama want to know about Conway?
(a) if he can write Chinese
(b) if he can speak French
(c) if he is married with children
(d) if he can keep secrets

4. Why is Conway excited about meeting the High Lama?
(a) to see inside the lamasery
(b) to ask to join the order
(c) to see if his theories are correct
(d) to ask for permission to leave

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

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

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

8. What does Mallinson insist is their responsibility?
(a) to inform Chang of Barnard's real name
(b) to escape from their prison
(c) to help Barnard avoid arrest
(d) to help catch Bryant

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

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

11. What does the High Lama say about Conway's condition after he stays there for several decades?
(a) he will never get sick
(b) he will never climb a mountain
(c) he will age more rapidly
(d) he will still look like he is 40 years old

12. Why does Barnard decide he wants to stay there?
(a) If he leaves, he will be arrested
(b) He has fathered a child
(c) He has become lazy and spoiled
(d) He has married a tibetan woman

13. What happens with Conway and the Chinese girl?
(a) he falls in love with her
(b) he teaches her to play the Chopin pieces
(c) he stops seeing her
(d) he goes to her apartment

14. Who does Conway meet during the next week after his visit to the High Lama?
(a) Lo-Tsen
(b) some of the lamas
(c) a music teacher
(d) another Englishman

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Miss Brinklow's interest in the valley?

2. What does Conway guess about the High Lama?

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

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

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

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