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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which Kipling book did Theroux refer to when describing Lahore?
(a) The Jungle Book.
(b) Gunga Din.
(c) Kim.
(d) Just-so Stories.

4. Whose alleged grave site did Theroux visit in Ceylon?
(a) Adam and Eve.
(b) Cain and Abel.
(c) Noah.
(d) Mary and Joseph.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals did Theroux encounter near the Galta gorge temple?

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

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

4. What was the topic of the three-day seminar attended by Theroux in Ceylon in Chapter 15?

5. What was baksheesh?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Tamils as encountered by Theroux in Chapter 12.

2. What is the primary lesson about India's future that Theroux took from his nighttime wanderings around Bombay?

3. How had Afghanistan changed since the military coup of 1973?

4. What was the Indian professor's view of Mr. Gopal's ignorance?

5. What is ironic about the treatment of the young Indian man fleeing London's racism in Chapter 7?

6. What were Theroux's impressions of the alleged tombs of Cain and Abel?

7. Why was Theroux unwilling to explain his first impressions of India to Vishnua Bhardwaj, the Accountant General on the train to Simla?

8. In Theroux's view, how did the strictures of Islam affect Pakistani men?

9. Describe Mr. Gopal, the embassy liaison man showing the tourist sites to Theroux in Chapter 11.

10. What were Theroux's impressions of the Pakistani city of Peshawar?

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