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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the lean-to failed, David-Neel and Yongden went on until noon when they found what to keep reasonably warm in?
(a) An empty summer barn.
(b) An empty summer cabin.
(c) An earthen cave
(d) An abandoned camp.

2. David-Neel described a stew prepared from what that she found disgusting but had to eat a bit of to avoid suspicion?
(a) Scorpions and worms.
(b) Unskinned fishes.
(c) Venomous snakes.
(d) Organs of animals.

3. In the latter half of Chapter VI, David-Neel detailed that she learned that which friend had been forced out of his palace and into exile?
(a) The Karamapa Lama.
(b) The Dalai Lama.
(c) The Panchen Lama.
(d) The Tenzin Lama.

4. What was the task of the lama that Yongden met when he went into the village to make evening purchases for David-Neel and himself?
(a) He kept a cemetery.
(b) He kept a sacred garden.
(c) He kept a tabernacle.
(d) He kept a shrine.

5. After being delayed in the one village, David-Neel remained at their camp outside another that night, and Yongden went inside to purchase what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Incense.
(c) Ointment.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did David-Neel identify as having carried a concealed revolver on the journey to Lhasa?

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

3. What temple was the second most important place David-Neel wished to visit, as there she could view a statue of the Buddha that reportedly was from India?

4. Part of David-Neel's hair was still darkened with black ink when she took off her cap at the palace, and she had false black braids made from what animal?

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

(see the answer key)

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