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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a guest of the Tibetan lama, David-Neel was provided access to what?
(a) Gompa.
(b) Religious texts.
(c) Nagspa.
(d) The Potala.

2. Yongden was continually stopped and asked to perform what type of rituals along their way?
(a) Exorcism.
(b) Fortunetelling.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Funeral.

3. The man David-Neel and Yongden shared their morning meal with invited them to spend that night at his home located where?
(a) In the next village.
(b) Outside a nearby temple.
(c) At his neighboring farm.
(d) Outside a nearby fortification.

4. David-Neel described a stew prepared from what that she found disgusting but had to eat a bit of to avoid suspicion?
(a) Venomous snakes.
(b) Scorpions and worms.
(c) Organs of animals.
(d) Unskinned fishes.

5. David-Neel chose to head toward the mountain road in part because it had never been what?
(a) Charted.
(b) Seen by a Western woman.
(c) Explored by Westerners.
(d) Seen by Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. One night David-Neel and Yongden slept outside a village to pass through early the next day to avoid attention, but what happened?

2. David-Neel and Yongden were unable to travel at night when they came into more inhabited country for what reason?

3. How did Yongden respond to David-Neel's admonishment after they left the village for having drawn so much attention with his actions?

4. After being delayed in the one village, David-Neel remained at their camp outside another that night, and Yongden went inside to purchase what?

5. Yongden was what type of lama widely recognized as having the ability to tell fortunes and perform exorcisms and other mystic rites?

(see the answer key)

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