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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the High Lama like?
(a) a young man, almost a child
(b) a tall, stout man in a white robe
(c) a wizened old man who speaks perfect English
(d) a man of average height and age

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

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

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

5. When does the High Lama say the meek shall inherit the earth?
(a) after the next great war
(b) when everyone learns about shangri-La
(c) before the end of the earth
(d) once the strong devour each other

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

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

8. Who was the monk who came to the Valley of the Blue Moon in the 18th Century?
(a) Brother Piedmont
(b) Brother Pierre
(c) Father Perrault
(d) Father Perrier

9. When he is with the others, what does Conway pretend?
(a) that he wants to leave
(b) that the High Lama cannot speak any language he knows
(c) that he knows how they can leave
(d) that he learned nothing from the High Lama

10. What was the monk's condition when he reached the valley?
(a) healthy but tired
(b) near death
(c) suffering amnesia
(d) hungry but mobile

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

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

13. 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 will leave with him anyway
(c) that he has lost his mind
(d) that he is trying to take Lo-Tsen from him

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has Mallinson done to organize an escape?

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

4. What is special about the French lama, Alphonse Briac?

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

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