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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What university did the professor teach at in Chapter 11?
(a) Bhopal University.
(b) Rajasthan Univesity.
(c) Jaipur University.
(d) Delhi University.
2. To what Catholic saint were the Ceylonese praying in Chapter 14?
(a) St. Augustine.
(b) St. Jude.
(c) St. Patrick.
(d) St. Anthony.
3. What was the name of Gandhi's birthplace, visited by Theroux in Chapter 10?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Simla.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Gujarat.
4. What term did the civil servant use to describe a holy man in Chapter 9?
(a) Swami.
(b) Dervish.
(c) Saddhu.
(d) Monk.
5. What Joyce book did Theroux take on the train in Chapter 12?
(a) Dubliners.
(b) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) The Exiles.
6. What famous military leader seized control of Bayezid in 1402?
(a) Saladin.
(b) Tamerlane.
(c) El Cid.
(d) Genghis Khan.
7. What game did Theroux want to play at the Pakistani club in Chapter 7?
(a) Pool.
(b) Poker.
(c) Darts.
(d) Snooker.
8. What was the name of the city where one hippie was heading to join an ashram?
(a) Khatmandhu.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Pondicherry.
(d) Delhi.
9. Which faith is holy in the city of Amritsar?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Sikhism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Islam.
10. What term did the Accountant General use when describing the people trying to cheat the government or seek bribes?
(a) Layabouts.
(b) Commies.
(c) Baksheesh.
(d) Blighters.
11. What was the tall, four-foot wide box found in the individual compartment in Chapter 9?
(a) An old air conditioning unit.
(b) An old refrigerator.
(c) A storage space for luggage.
(d) A folding bed.
12. What religion was the ship's second mate who disliked Indians and Ceylonese?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Buddhist.
(d) Muslim.
13. What author was Theroux reading at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Kipling.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Forster.
(d) Dinesen.
14. What Mark Twain book did Theroux quote at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson.
(b) The Innocents Abroad.
(c) Following the Equator.
(d) A Tramp Abroad.
15. Whose alleged grave site did Theroux visit in Ceylon?
(a) Mary and Joseph.
(b) Noah.
(c) Adam and Eve.
(d) Cain and Abel.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long had the English engineer been staying in rural Iran when Theroux met him on the train in Chapter 5?
2. Approximately how much did Theroux's meal cost on the train through France?
3. Why was Theroux disappointed when the train arrived at Lake Van in Chapter 3?
4. How high did the railway climb through the pass?
5. Where did the Parsis place their dead?
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