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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 and 12, pp. 124-145.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the trip to Lahore?
(a) Fifteen hours.
(b) Twelve hours.
(c) Twenty hours.
(d) Five hours.

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

3. To what did Theroux compare the forests of Madhya Pradesh?
(a) The redwood forests.
(b) The woods of New Hampshire.
(c) The woods of Appalachia.
(d) The woods of the Pacific Northwest.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the surname Singh mean?

2. Why was the Canadian couple going to Australia?

3. Who built the jail in Kabul in 1626?

4. What was the translation of the Turkish dish imam bayildi?

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

(see the answer key)

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