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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) A wrong turn required them to return midday for the right way.
(b) A late start forced them to travel through well after sunrise.
(c) A shepherd drove his flock through and delayed their early hike past.
(d) A local holiday had many villagers up early in celebration.

2. Which agency sent David-Neel on her 1910 expedition?
(a) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
(b) The Ministry of Education.
(c) The Ministry of Defense.
(d) The Ministry of Culture.

3. In 1910, what was the neighboring nation that compelled the Dalai Lama's exile?
(a) India.
(b) Bhutan.
(c) China.
(d) Mongolia.

4. 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 a joint errand, then crossed in their absence.
(b) She waited until they slept, then crossed without their knowing.
(c) She sent them on separate errands, then crossed in their absence.
(d) She paid them as if they had arrived, then crossed when they left.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom was David-Neel a guest of in Tibet for a time prior to her Lhasa trip?

2. While David-Neel was a guest of the lama, the instability within Tibet had driven out which nation?

3. What did David-Neel and Lama Yongden pose themselves as to enter Tibet undetected?

4. When Yongden went into the village to make purchases for David-Neel and himself, what did the lama he met ask of him?

5. What river did David-Neel and Yongden initially follow on their trek?

(see the answer key)

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