STUDY QUESTIONS - MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ

1.) The narrator learns about Conway's story through

a.) the High Lama.
b.) Mallinson.
c.) Rutherford.


2.) Conway ends up at the nuns' mission in China by

a.) just wandering there.
b.) being led there by the porters.
c.) being brought there by Mallinson.


3.) Conway was one of four passengers: Mallinson, Miss Brinklow, and

a.) an Austrian named Briac.
b.) a Frenchman named Perrault.
c.) an American named Barnard.


4.) They are lost in the Tibetan mountains until

a.) they are saved by a Chinese in a hooded chair.
b.) they are saved by a mountain climbing expedition.
c.) they are saved by a missionary group.


5.) Chang, their Chinese host, is very supportive and comforting, but he does not

a.) provide them with enough food.
b.) offer them activities while they are there.
c.) answer all their questions.


6.) The group is given excuses for why they cannot leave, but the real reason is

a.) the rule of the valley is that visitors may enter, but they may not leave.
b.) they are destined for sacrifice at the lamasery.
c.) porters never come there.


7.) Conway is worried, because

a.) Mallinson is so discontented.
b.) Lo-Tsen is in danger from Mallinson.
c.) he feels he cannot accept the position of High Lama.


8.) Conway learns all the truth about the valley from

a.) Chang.
b.) Lo-Tsen.
c.) Father Perrault.

9.) Chang explains the stages of Conway's time at the lamasery by telling him

a.) he won't see the High Lama again for five years.
b.) he will dwell on the future until his initation.
c.) he will always feel great grief for anyone he's left behind.


10.) The High Lama is actually a man named

a.) Chang.
b.) Perrault.
c.) Chalmers Bryant.


11.) Conway comes to love Lo-Tsen but doesn't push his feelings on her, because

a.) he knows Mallinson loves her.
b.) it is forbidden to have romantic love in the lamasery.
c.) he feels he has time to allow the feelings to develop in moderation.


12.) The High Lama tells Conway that the group was brought to the valley on purpose, because

a.) they needed sacrifices for the Buddhist faith.
b.) they needed people to help achieve the purpose of the lamasery.
c.) they needed people to help populate the valley.


13.) Conway has no intention of ever leaving Shangri-La until

a.) Mallinson is afraid to face the porters alone.
b.) he feels Lo-Tsen will stay if Mallinson leaves.
c.) he feels that Mallinson and Lo-Tsen are corruptive influences in the valley.


14.) When Conway tells his story, he explains that Mallinson

a.) disappeared over a cliff.
b.) died of a fever in the mission hospital.
c.) he doesn't explain Mallinson's fate.


15.) Rutherford is supposed to bring Conway back to England, but

a.) Conway sneaks away and hails a ride on a banana boat.
b.) Conway dies soon after telling his story.
c.) Conway is taken prisoner by the British consulate in India.