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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With a flat place to camp below the ridge marker and the range, why did David-Neel and Yonggden find it essential to build a fire?
(a) To keep animals away.
(b) To see.
(c) To avoid pneumonia.
(d) To cook.

2. 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 unused temple away from the path and village.
(c) An abandoned shed in a distant field from a small village.
(d) A barn with a comfortable hayloft and a nearby pond.

3. To what location was David-Neel sent on an expedition in 1910?
(a) Northern Africa.
(b) Asia.
(c) Eastern Europe.
(d) South America.

4. Once it drove out the nation that controlled it, the Tibetan government closed their door to whom?
(a) All Westerners except by rare special permission.
(b) Only Indians except by rare special permission.
(c) All foreigners except those already residing there.
(d) All foreigners except by rare special permission.

5. What did David-Neel study as a young woman?
(a) Oriental philosophy and comparative religion.
(b) Middle Eastern philosophy and comparative religion.
(c) Oriental history and Buddhism.
(d) Asian history and comparative religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. The day after they got water, David-Neel and Yongden hiked toward their mountain pass top but were stunned to see a huge what ahead?

2. 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?

3. Militia members were issued guns inferior to those of the regular Tibetan soldiers who were all from within what area?

4. The man David-Neel and Yongden shared their morning meal with invited them to spend that night at his home located where?

5. What would David-Neel have faced if her true identity was discovered?

(see the answer key)

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