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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. David-Neel was alarmed when a villager who stopped to share food noticed her pale hands and remarked they were like what?
2. While David-Neel was a guest of the lama, the instability within Tibet had driven out which nation?
3. Yongden was continually stopped and asked to perform what type of rituals along their way?
4. In 1910, the Dalai Lama was in exile in what location?
5. David-Neel met a well-dressed man from the other direction one day so she moved to one side as a peasant, but what was his response?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Chapter II ended, David-Neel was inspired to ease the tension in an encounter with an official, and called out for alms as a Tibetan beggar which did what?
2. What event that David-Neel described as both "comical" and "unpleasant" transpired when she dyed her hair with Chinese ink to complete her disguise?
3. What was one concern David-Neel noted near the start of Chapter I that would follow her and Yongden during much of their journey, especially the initial half?
4. What did David-Neel describe as she opened in Chapter I?
5. What was Yongden's response when he was approached to perform rites for someone who had died as Chapter I closed?
6. What did David-Neel note when she and Yongden arrived within the Dainshin province?
7. What was it Alexandra David-Neel wrote she craved to do as a young child?
8. What transpired when David-Neel and Yongden were advised by a villager that a local official wanted to see them?
9. Toward the end of Chapter I David-Neel and Yongden found a cave one night near the road for shelter from possible snow, and David-Neel arranged for fuel for a fire in what manner?
10. How did David-Neel describe travel in Tibet as she approached the pass called Tong la?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Assess why David-Neel and Yongden planned to arrive in Thana at night, yet she advised they had "arranged it even too well that time" and the subsequent consequences. Evaluate how the pair responded to the situation as it unfolded.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the circumstances surrounding Yongden and David-Neel having stopped for tea in the village of Wabo. What reasons did the author provide for why they "ought never to have conceived of" resting for tea and letting their guard down?
Essay Topic 3
Early in Chapter I, David-Neel related how a number of hindering difficulties arose that added to each step as the pair approached their journey into Tibet. Examine these problems and how the author responded to them. Was she cautious in the decisions she made in each of these situations?
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