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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Conway learn about Lo-Tsen?
(a) She was a Chinese princess
(b) She is a very new arrival
(c) She is over 300 years old
(d) She learned to play the harpsichord at Shangri-La

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

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

5. Returning to Conway, what does Mallinson think about doing?
(a) forcing Conway to go with him at gun point
(b) blowing up Shangri-La and killing the High Lama
(c) kidnapping the High Lama
(d) committing suicide

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the High Lama begin his meeting with Conway?

2. What does Chang tell Barnard about newspapers at Shangri-La?

3. What does the High Lama want to know about Conway?

4. Before he dies, what does the High Lama give to Conway?

5. What agitates Mallinson one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the High Lama say Conway will age if he stays in Shangri-La?

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

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

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

5. Briefly describe the information Chang gives Conway and the others.

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

7. Explain what the High Lama sees as the future of the world.

8. Explain Conway's ambiguous reply when the High Lama invites him to remain forever in Shangri-La.

9. Why does Mallinson want Conway to pack up his belongings?

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

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