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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As David-Neel and Yongden moved along the mountain path, what did they learn about high passes from villagers they begged shelter from?
(a) One was probably closed.
(b) All were probably open.
(c) All were probably closed,
(d) One was definitely closed.

2. What ruse did David-Neel use to conceal her crossing with Yongden at the border into Tibet without her two Chinese servants knowing?
(a) She sent them on separate errands, then crossed in their absence.
(b) She sent them on a joint errand, then crossed in their absence.
(c) She paid them as if they had arrived, then crossed when they left.
(d) She waited until they slept, then crossed without their knowing.

3. David-Neel acted like she wished to learn locations from her host so she could beg from them, but what did she actually seek to determine?
(a) Where to find shelter.
(b) Which villages to avoid.
(c) Which roads to follow.
(d) Where to purchase food.

4. David-Neel had a stirring drive to travel and sought out what?
(a) Far off places that had never previously been explored.
(b) Isolated places to be completely alone.
(c) Remote places where she could meet natives of the area.
(d) Distant places to apply her Oriental history expertise.

5. While David-Neel was a guest of the lama, the instability within Tibet had driven out which nation?
(a) China.
(b) Nepal.
(c) Bhutan.
(d) Afghanistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yongden could stand the day after David-Neel returned, so she helped him down to the forest and found what about the path?

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

3. In 1910, the Dalai Lama was in exile in what location?

4. As a guest of the Tibetan lama, David-Neel was provided access to what?

5. What type of visitors did David-Neel and Yongden wait for outside the Dalai Lama's traditional palace before they entered?

(see the answer key)

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