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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and 6, pp. 66-80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous military leader seized control of Bayezid in 1402?
(a) Genghis Khan.
(b) El Cid.
(c) Tamerlane.
(d) Saladin.

2. How long had the English engineer been staying in rural Iran when Theroux met him on the train in Chapter 5?
(a) Four months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two months.
(d) One year.

3. Why was the Canadian couple going to Australia?
(a) They did not want to learn French.
(b) They wanted to avoid Europeans.
(c) They did not want to learn German.
(d) They had relatives there.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Duffill eating as the train entered the Alpine tunnel in Italy?

2. What country did not have a single inch of railway track?

3. What English novelist once wrote, "The journey is the goal"?

4. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?

5. What African language did Theroux hear on the train as it traveled through England?

(see the answer key)

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