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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: At Crystal Mountain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Blue sheep rams are ________________.
(a) Vicious.
(b) Very curious about humans.
(c) Ignominious.
(d) Aggressive.

2. What two conditions make some of the sherpas and porters turn back and return home?
(a) Hunger and exhaustion.
(b) Fear and loathing.
(c) Cold and thirst.
(d) Snow blindness and bloody feet.

3. Who loses alacrity and becomes clumsy while Matthiessen gets lighter on his feet?
(a) Tukten.
(b) Dawa.
(c) Schaller.
(d) Gyaltsen.

4. What does Matthiessen see on the mountain surrounded by "treeless waste?"
(a) Ruins.
(b) A house.
(c) A monastery.
(d) A temple.

5. What is Bardo?
(a) A mystical retreat.
(b) A death chant.
(c) The transition between two existences according to the Tibetans.
(d) A drumbeat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is almost two hours behind Matthiessen and Schaller trekking through the mountains?

2. What places did Matthiessen travel before his journey with Schaller?

3. What drug did Matthiessen use that possibly had a negative effect on him?

4. Matthiessen slips on ____________.

5. Where does Matthiessen's group take shelter on route to the canyon?

(see the answer key)

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