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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 does the frieze in the Peshawar Museum depict?
(a) The birth of Jesus.
(b) The birth of Muhammad.
(c) The birth of Buddha.
(d) The birth of Adam.

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

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

4. How did Yashar describe his political leanings in Chapter 2?
(a) He's a Trotskyite.
(b) He's a democratic socialist.
(c) He's a Stalinist.
(d) He's a Marxist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How high did the railway climb through the pass?

2. What kind of jam did the Iranians eat that Theroux found disgusting?

3. Why was Theroux disappointed when the train arrived at Lake Van in Chapter 3?

4. How long had the English engineer been staying in rural Iran when Theroux met him on the train in Chapter 5?

5. What railway line did Theroux grow up near?

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