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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yongden cast what in the air to catch and consult prophets before he told the pilgrims that ahead they would come across a roadside shrine?
(a) Gems.
(b) Coins.
(c) Pebbles.
(d) Marbles.

2. David-Neel was alarmed when a villager who stopped to share food noticed her pale hands and remarked they were like what?
(a) A white flower.
(b) Fresh snow.
(c) A philing's.
(d) The moon.

3. At the start of Chapter IV, David-Neel and Yongden approached the region known as Po with how many roads across it?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. What excuse did Yongden give why David-Neel did not eat or speak when they came upon the group that passed earlier later at lunch?
(a) She was the mother of a lama who mourned his recent passing.
(b) She was the widow of a magician who mourned his recent passing.
(c) She was honoring a holy day, unable to eat or talk until sunset.
(d) She was the wife of a magician and initiated in secret traditions.

5. David-Neel and Yongden spent a night in the home of a wealth farmer who in exchange for his hospitality expected Yongden to bless what?
(a) His house and family.
(b) His son and wealth.
(c) His house and farm animals.
(d) His family and farm animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1910, David-Neel was sent on a research expedition for which nation?

2. Yongden was what type of lama widely recognized as having the ability to tell fortunes and perform exorcisms and other mystic rites?

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. What was the term David-Neel used to describe the Tibetan prohibition of certain travelers?

5. Which agency sent David-Neel on her 1910 expedition?

(see the answer key)

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