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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the living arrangements in the small home where David-Neel rented a room while in Lhasa?
(a) The owner rented all three rooms.
(b) The owner lived in two rooms and rented two.
(c) The owner lived in one room and rented two.
(d) The owner lived in two rooms and rented one.

2. How was this incident where the pilgrim's legs were "cured" indicative of David-Neel and Yongden's approach to Tibetan spirituality?
(a) They believed all mystical elements and saw none as superstition.
(b) They believed two mystical elements but saw remainder as superstition.
(c) They believed some mystical elements but saw others as superstition.
(d) They believed no mystical elements and saw all as superstition.

3. In Chapter III, Yongden and David-Neel continued on toward Lhasa and used what as their story?
(a) They were returning from the Potala.
(b) They were returning from the Kha Karpo.
(c) They were returning from the Dokar Pass.
(d) They were returning from the frontier.

4. On the night David-Neel had returned to their shelter near the fence, she awoke and imagined she heard what?
(a) Musical instruments.
(b) Bells.
(c) Fog horns.
(d) Pyrotechnics.

5. Once it drove out the nation that controlled it, the Tibetan government closed their door to whom?
(a) Only Indians except by rare special permission.
(b) All foreigners except by rare special permission.
(c) All foreigners except those already residing there.
(d) All Westerners except by rare special permission.

Short Answer Questions

1. As David-Neel and Yongden ate one morning, a man they recognized approached from what group of individuals that gave them alms earlier?

2. Chapter I began as David-Neel and Yongden were about to enter into independent Tibet from which country?

3. To what location was David-Neel sent on an expedition in 1910?

4. Using her pistol would not scare these armed robbers who would shoot back, so instead David-Neel did what?

5. What would David-Neel have faced if her true identity was discovered?

(see the answer key)

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