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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. What does Conway observe about Chang at dinner?

2. How is Conway described?

3. Where does Mallinson want to be taken?

4. As they talk about overpowering the pilot, what stops them?

5. How does Conway see Chang?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Mallinson interrupt the conversation at dinner?

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

5. Briefly describe the surprise entertainment they are provided with.

6. How are the amenities at the guest quarters of the lamasery?

7. Why does Barnard say he will not be missed?

8. Who are the four passengers on board the plane?

9. Explain the speculation about where they are while in the air after refueling.

10. Give Mallinson's reply to Conway's question.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on what you think caused Conway's strange behavior after leaving Shangri-La? Is it regret? Is it guilt? Is it the fear of again being put into an unwanted leadership situation? Or some other reason?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on ambition. Is ambition good or bad? Discuss also the reverse--whether the lack of ambition is good or bad. For ambition to be good, what other characteristics need to be present?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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