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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

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

4. How does Mallinson describe Lo-Tsen?
(a) like a person in a trance
(b) like a robot
(c) like a spirit
(d) like an ivory doll

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

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

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

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

9. What does Mallinson want to know?
(a) how soon they can leave
(b) what the High Lama looks like
(c) where the High Lama's rooms are
(d) if there are guards in the lamasery

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

11. What does Conway say he considers himself?
(a) ambitious
(b) uneducated
(c) lazy
(d) ordinary

12. What does Chang come to tell Conway late at night?
(a) the lamas all want to meet with him
(b) the porters have come and gone
(c) Lo-Tsen wants to meet him personally
(d) the High Lama wants to see him immediately

13. 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 still look like he is 40 years old
(c) he will age more rapidly
(d) he will never climb a mountain

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conway learn about Lo-Tsen?

2. What does Conway try to warn Mallinson about?

3. What has Chang seen when people try to leave Shangri-La?

4. What does Conway admit about himself?

5. What has never happened before at Shangri-La?

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