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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and 10, pp. 100- 123.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was interesting about the blond Sadiq picked up at the bar in Istanbul?
(a) She was an undercover police officer.
(b) She was underage.
(c) She was actually a man.
(d) She was married.

2. How high did the railway climb through the pass?
(a) 3,200 feet.
(b) 3,600 feet.
(c) 3,000 feet.
(d) 4,000 feet.

3. How was the engineer preparing to convert to Islam?
(a) He was visiting mosques.
(b) He was reading the Koran.
(c) He was traveling to Mecca.
(d) He was attending a madrassa.

4. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?
(a) Hank Aaron.
(b) Cal Ripkin.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) Jackie Robinson.

5. What poem did Molesworth quote while waiting for Yugoslav officials to look over passenger papers in Chapter 2?
(a) The Faerie Queene.
(b) Japperwocky.
(c) The Wasteland.
(d) Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the actors' agent met by Theroux on the Orient Express?

2. How many tunnels went through the mountain pass?

3. What Dickens book was Theroux reading in Chapter 3?

4. What happened with the Orient Express when it went through the Alpine tunnel in Chapter 2?

5. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?

(see the answer key)

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