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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 Conway guess about the High Lama?
(a) he is Father Perrault
(b) he is dying
(c) he is 100 years old
(d) he is Henschell

2. 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

3. What does Conway learn from Chang?
(a) that he spent the first five years as an ordinary man
(b) that he was kidnapped and brought to the lamasery
(c) that he will never become a lama
(d) that he is only 22 years old

4. What are the quarters of the High Lama like?
(a) a spacious throne room
(b) an apartment with a low roof
(c) a set of luxurious suites
(d) a room filled with memorabilia

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Conway learn about Lo-Tsen?

4. Who does Barnard turn out to be?

5. Why does Barnard decide he wants to stay there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do Mallinson's arguments cause Conway's dream of Shangri-La to dissolve away?

7. Who does Barnard turn out to be?

8. How does Conway find himself leading a double life?

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

10. Tell something about the formality of the meeting.

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