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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. On the night David-Neel had returned to their shelter near the fence, she awoke and imagined she heard what?
2. After their guide left and he and David-Neel hike through the pass, Yongden's chief concerns were snow and what else?
3. As one of the two strangers bartered for items belonging to David-Neel and Yongden, the man kept looking back to the path as if he expected others to help rob them, so David-Neel did what?
4. In the last village David-Neel and Yongden came upon in Chapter V, how did the villagers respond as they passed through?
5. When the lean-to failed, David-Neel and Yongden went on until noon when they found what to keep reasonably warm in?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did David-Neel describe a typical bridge found in remote regions of Tibet?
2. David-Neel was unable to find anyone to aid Yongden after his injury, but she managed to return with what?
3. In Chapter IV, how did David-Neel describe a river that she and Yongden had to cross, but had missed a bridge over it earlier?
4. How did David-Neel describe the manner in which Asians approached respecting others who slept?
5. On the day David-Neel and Yongden left the earthen cave and Yongden stumbled on his improvised crutch past dark, how did they make their way into the structures David-Neel came upon by following a fence in the deep snow?
6. Why did David-Neel describe it as "a happy inspiration" when she chose the start of the year for her stay in Lhasa?
7. How did David-Neel describe Tibetan beds?
8. How did David-Neel depict the manner in which she and Yongden crossed the last river that separated them from Lhasa?
9. How did their encounter go with the first individuals David-Neel and Yongden came upon after they crossed the pass and Yongden had sustained his injury?
10. How did Yongden depart the monastery where he met a monk who came from the region where Yongden's great-grandfather had been a lama?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The pair adopted different responses to various events they encountered during the day as they approached what they believed would be their nocturnal crossing of the initial pass. Compare their responses. What were the similarities and the differences? How did each react to the others' approach?
Essay Topic 2
Ranked second in importance among the places David-Neel wished to see was the Jo Khang temple. Relate how she was able to gain entry without her disguise being revealed. Why was it pilgrims and others ventured there? What was it she discovered once inside?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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