View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In subsequent meetings, what do Conway and the High Lama discuss?
(a) history and philosophy
(b) people and places
(c) war and peace
(d) religion and atheism

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Barnard go frequently to the Valley of the Blue Moon?

2. What is the High Lama like?

3. Of the four in their group, what do all of them except Mallinson decide?

4. What does Conway dislike about his former life?

5. What is Mallinson unable to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Conway amazed by the drawing of Henschell?

2. Describe the Dominican monk who came to the Blue Moon Valley in 1734.

3. Briefly describe Conway's feelings about being invited to speak with the High Lama.

4. Tell something about the formality of the meeting.

5. Tell what Chang informs Barnard when he asks for a newspaper.

6. What is Conway's guess that turns out to be correct?

7. How do they get to visit the Valley of the Blue Moon down below Shangri-La?

8. How does Chang relate his residence in Shangri-La?

9. How does Conway find out information about Lo-Tsen?

10. After leaving on his own, why does Mallinson return to Shangri-La?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 613 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample