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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day David-Neel met the well-dressed man, they found where to sleep for the night?
(a) A comfortable cave near a stream by a temple.
(b) An abandoned shed in a distant field from a small village.
(c) A barn with a comfortable hayloft and a nearby pond.
(d) An unused temple away from the path and village.

2. What was the task of the lama that Yongden met when he went into the village to make evening purchases for David-Neel and himself?
(a) He kept a tabernacle.
(b) He kept a sacred garden.
(c) He kept a cemetery.
(d) He kept a shrine.

3. David-Neel and Yongden were unable to travel at night when they came into more inhabited country for what reason?
(a) Because night travel raised suspicions of shepherds watching flocks.
(b) Because night travel was uncommon and raised villagers' suspicions.
(c) Because village dogs would howl and give them away.
(d) Because day travel was more common and was less suspicious.

4. What sudden, loud noise awakened David-Neel at the camp made after she and Yongden found the ridge marker and hiked down?
(a) Close thunder had rumbled through the valley.
(b) Yongden had fired a shot to scare away a wolf.
(c) Melting ice on a nearby river had cracked.
(d) A Tibetan hunter had fired his gun not far off.

5. Outer regions felt animosity toward Tibet's government, so if better armed and organized it was feared they would not submit to the rule of what area?
(a) Kham.
(b) Lhasa.
(c) Qinghai.
(d) Amdo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the wealthy woman traveling by horse and with several servants question David-Neel and Yongden about?

2. When was it David-Neel initially entered Tibet?

3. David-Neel and Yongden eventually reached what type of marker placed at summits and passes to identify the path?

4. David-Neel became a university professor in what country?

5. The farmland was poor around the village David-Neel described in Po, heavily taxed, and anyone who left was pursued and what?

(see the answer key)

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