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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 and 19, pp. 188-206.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the city where one hippie was heading to join an ashram?
(a) Khatmandhu.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Pondicherry.
(d) Delhi.

2. What did the security officer note Theroux did not have when he claimed to be a tourist?
(a) Luggage.
(b) A passport.
(c) A tourguide book.
(d) A camera.

3. What Dickens book was Theroux reading in Chapter 3?
(a) Oliver Twist.
(b) A Tale of Two Cities.
(c) Bleak House.
(d) Little Dorrit.

4. What religion did Bernard's father follow?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Islam.

5. What kind of jam did the Iranians eat that Theroux found disgusting?
(a) Carrot.
(b) Pear.
(c) Sweet potato.
(d) Beet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?

2. What did every train include in the Goktiek area?

3. What was interesting about the blond Sadiq picked up at the bar in Istanbul?

4. What Sherlock Holmes story did Theroux allude to in Chapter 19?

5. Where did many of the dentists in Simla come from?

(see the answer key)

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