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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the term David-Neel used to describe the Tibetan prohibition of certain travelers?
(a) "Disappointing."
(b) "Understandable."
(c) "Absurd."
(d) "Peculiar."

2. The Dalai Lama was in exile in 1910 for what sort of troubles with a neighboring nation?
(a) "Political."
(b) "Cultural."
(c) "Immigration."
(d) "Religious."

3. How did David-Neel and Yongden perceive a village they unexpectedly came upon following the blizzard different from other villages?
(a) It was like a small city with villas, parks, and palaces.
(b) It was like a small city with modern buildings and outlying cottages.
(c) It was like a quasi-industrial setting with small mills and factories.
(d) It was like a small town with outlying farms and cottages.

4. David-Neel and Yongden looked for a place to camp and saw a patch of yellow near their water source that turned out to be what?
(a) A pile of hay.
(b) A thatched shed.
(c) A thatched cottage.
(d) A patch of flowers.

5. David-Neel chose to head toward the mountain road in part because it had never been what?
(a) Explored by Westerners.
(b) Charted.
(c) Seen by a Western woman.
(d) Seen by Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the shrine, the ill pilgrim was to be fed well, and his legs were to be rubbed with hot water containing some what that Yongden offered?

2. As they hiked toward the mountain top but could not see the pass, David-Neel and Yongden made what decision?

3. David-Neel and Yongden had stopped where to eat one day when a wealthy woman traveling by horse also stopped and questioned them?

4. As a lama might, what did David-Neel do before this well-dressed man who greeted her and moved on without a word?

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

(see the answer key)

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