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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mallinson want to be taken?

2. What is the name Conway reads on his bathtub?

3. What does Miss Brinklow want to do that Chang says is impossible?

4. What do Green, Rutherford, and Tertius have in common?

5. What sound do they hear as they climb?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who arrives and talks about a plane that once went missing in Baskul?

2. How does Miss Brinklow surprise the other passengers?

3. What do they witness when the plane stops to refuel?

4. What is the book about that Green wrote and Rutherford had read?

5. What does Miss Brinklow say she has heard about Tibetans?

6. What was going on that leads up to the hijacking of the plane?

7. What do the other passengers appreciate about Conway?

8. How are the men carrying the old man dressed?

9. How is the traveling going up the mountains?

10. What is the question Conway asks of the group of Britons and one American?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on life imitating art. Do a little research on Bernard Madoff and compare his activity to that of Henry Barnard in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the weakness of anecdotal evidence. Explain why it is never proof but supports an emotional need for explanations. Use the fact that Conway accepted everything the High Lama and Chang told him without question.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining how the story of LOST HORIZON could be adapted into a science fiction story. What would be the setting for Shangri-La?

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