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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yongden belonged to a sect that did not recognize superstitious beliefs, so what was his course?
(a) He performed the rituals, but avoided offering practical advice.
(b) He performed the rituals, but only to maintain his identity secret.
(c) He performed the rituals as a means to provide practical advice.
(d) He did not perform the rituals, but still provided practical advice.

2. It snowed again at night after Yongden limped all day, but David-Neel found a fence she followed to what type of structure with a shed?
(a) A large occupied house.
(b) A large empty house.
(c) A small occupied house.
(d) A small empty house.

3. What did David-Neel note regarding the spelling of the Tibetan names in her book?
(a) She spelled them in modern Tibetan.
(b) She spelled them in modern French.
(c) She spelled them phonetically.
(d) She spelled them in Old English.

4. What sort of spiritual leader of Tibet did David-Neel describe the Dalai Lama as?
(a) The "prince."
(b) The "monarch."
(c) The "buddha."
(d) The "king."

5. The man David-Neel and Yongden recalled from earlier sat at their morning fire and ate what which they offered him?
(a) Rice.
(b) Yak.
(c) Roots.
(d) Broth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The route through the Po region that was not on a map crossed how many mountain passes?

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

4. The Dalai Lama was in exile in 1910 for what sort of troubles with a neighboring nation?

5. While David-Neel and Yongden found protection from the weather around noon, they had but a little dried Tibetan grain food called what?

(see the answer key)

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