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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24 and 25, pp. 241-267.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game did Theroux want to play at the Pakistani club in Chapter 7?
(a) Poker.
(b) Snooker.
(c) Darts.
(d) Pool.

2. Why did the young man leaving Bangalore to go to Bangkok in Chapter 16?
(a) To escape his parents.
(b) To escape his wife.
(c) To escape his girlfriend.
(d) To escape a debtor.

3. What profession did Theroux claim to ward off questions in Chapter 7?
(a) Dentistry.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Academia.
(d) Trade.

4. What Russian writer did Theroux read on the trip in Chapter 7?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Doestoevsky.
(d) Gogol.

5. What were the American travelers discussing on the train in Chapter 8?
(a) Hindu festivals.
(b) Their digestive problems.
(c) The poverty in India.
(d) Religious disputes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Theroux write was the greatest tragedy of American involvement in Vietnam?

2. What term described the total work stoppage organized by the Socialist Unity Centre in Chapter 16?

3. What was the common form of transportation in Calcutta described by Theroux in Chapter 16?

4. Which faith is holy in the city of Amritsar?

5. What happened to the French-built Trans-Vietnam Railway six years after it was completed in the 1930s?

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