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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Part 1: Westward.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two topics do Matthiessen and Schaller talk about in conflict with each other?
(a) Philosophy and law.
(b) Poetry and art.
(c) Religion and science.
(d) Accounting and physics.

2. Whom does Matthiessen think about the whole time that he is traveling?
(a) Dawa.
(b) The blue sheep.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Alex.

3. Who/what is Matthiessen's group afraid of meeting when they take a new path to the north up the Kali Gandaki?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Mountain goats.
(c) Nepalese nomads.
(d) Tigers.

4. What are Matthiessen and Schaller afraid of after they talk to the Tibetan guide who tells them that they need government permits?
(a) That they will not be allowed to enter Dolpo.
(b) That they will run out of food.
(c) That they will fail.
(d) That the police will lock them up.

5. Where do Matthiessen and Schaller meet to begin their journey?
(a) Kathmandu.
(b) London.
(c) New Delhi.
(d) Shey.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the story of "The Snow Leopard" begin?

2. What does Matthiessen see in the valley located at 11,200 feet above sea level?

3. How many people have laid eyes on the snow leopard in the last twenty-five years according to Schaller?

4. What do Matthiessen and Schaller feel is against them as they journey forward?

5. Whom does Matthiessen's group see along their journey that reminds the group of mortality?

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