Alexandra David-Néel - Quiz
Alexandra David Néel
  • 1. On what date did Alexandra David-Néel leave for her first trip to Tibet?
A) 13 July 1924
B) 10 May 1925
C) 13 July 1916
D) 16 July 1916
  • 2. Which monastery did Alexandra David-Néel visit on 16 July 1916?
A) Drepung Monastery
B) Chorten Nyima
C) Tashilhunpo Monastery
D) Kumbum Monastery
  • 3. Who suggested that Alexandra David-Néel reside in a convent during her 1916 visit?
A) Yongden
B) The mother of the Panchen Lama
C) The Panchen Lama himself
D) A monk accompanying her
  • 4. What honorary titles did David-Néel receive from the Panchen Lama in 1916?
A) Pilgrim and protector
B) Ambassador and monk
C) Lama and doctor in Tibetan Buddhism
D) High Priestess and scholar
  • 5. Why did British colonial authorities want to deport Alexandra David-Néel after her 1916 trip?
A) For violating the no-entry edict into Tibet
B) For insulting the Panchen Lama
C) For traveling without a passport
D) For stealing Buddhist scriptures
  • 6. Who was the philosopher David-Néel met in Japan who had stayed in Lhasa in disguise?
A) Swami Asuri Kapila
B) David Macdonald
C) Ekai Kawaguchi
D) Jacques Brosse
  • 7. Where did David-Néel and Yongden spend three years translating the Prajnaparamita?
A) Sera Monastery
B) Kumbum Monastery
C) Samye Monastery
D) Tashilhunpo Monastery
  • 8. How did Alexandra David-Néel typically eat regarding her dietary preferences?
A) She only ate meat dishes
B) She only ate raw food
C) She fasted throughout her life
D) She preferred vegetarian food
  • 9. What items did David-Néel hide under her rags during her 1924 trip to Lhasa?
A) A telescope, a knife, and gold
B) A prayer wheel, a camera, and a pistol
C) A camera, a journal, and a map
D) A compass, a pistol, and a purse
  • 10. What event was occurring in Lhasa when David-Néel arrived in 1924?
A) A harvest festival
B) The Dalai Lama's birthday
C) A royal wedding
D) Monlam Prayer Festival
  • 11. What led to the unmasking of Alexandra David-Néel in Lhasa?
A) She washed herself every morning at the river
B) She was seen holding a camera
C) She was betrayed by a monk
D) She forgot her Tibetan language skills
  • 12. Who was the Governor of Lhasa that David-Néel was denounced to?
A) The Panchen Lama
B) Tsarong Shape
C) David Macdonald
D) Swami Asuri Kapila
  • 13. How did David-Néel reach Northern India after her 1924 stay in Lhasa?
A) She was escorted by the Dalai Lama
B) She received help from French diplomats
C) She borrowed money from David Macdonald
D) She traveled by train from Lhasa
  • 14. Which book chronicling her 1924 adventure was published in 1927?
A) The Forbidden City
B) Alexandra David-Néel au Tibet
C) My Journey to Lhasa
D) The Prajnaparamita Journey
  • 15. Why did critics express disbelief regarding David-Néel's 1927 book?
A) They did not believe she was ever in India
B) They doubted the stories about levitation and tummo
C) They argued that the photos were too clear
D) They claimed she had stolen the text
  • 16. What claim did Jeanne Denys make in her 1972 book about David-Néel?
A) That she never went to Tibet
B) That she invented the Buddhist scriptures
C) That she never entered Lhasa
D) That she was a spy for the British
  • 17. What did Jean Marquès-Rivière claim David-Néel was doing in China from 1917 to 1924?
A) Translating ancient texts
B) Monitoring Franco-Belgian interests
C) Training as a Buddhist nun
D) Working as a librarian
  • 18. Whom did Alexandra David-Néel adopt as her son in 1914?
A) Kazi Dawa Samdup
B) Aphur Yongden
C) Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal
D) Lachen Gomchen Rinpoche
  • 19. Which secret society did Sidkeong join in Calcutta in March 1913?
A) The Order of the Golden Dawn
B) The Theosophical Society
C) The Buddhist Reform League
D) Freemasonry
  • 20. What gift did Sidkeong give to Alexandra David-Néel on January 4, 1914?
A) A sacred Tibetan manuscript
B) A sanctified lamani's dress
C) A map of the northern border
D) A golden statue of the Buddha
  • 21. Who was the wife of Sidkeong that Alexandra David-Néel counseled?
A) Ma Lat
B) Kali Koumar
C) The daughter of the Chogyal
D) A Tibetan noblewoman
  • 22. What stage name did David-Néel use while performing in Hanoi?
A) Alexandra Delibes
B) Alexandra Myrial
C) Alexandra Saint-Sauveur
D) Alexandra Néel
  • 23. Which opera did David-Néel perform the role of Violetta in?
A) Carmen
B) Faust
C) La traviata
D) Lakmé
  • 24. Which composer did David-Néel maintain a pen friendship with?
A) Georges Bizet
B) Giuseppe Verdi
C) Jules Massenet
D) Léo Delibes
  • 25. Who composed the music for the lyric tragedy Lidia?
A) Victor Massé
B) Charles Gounod
C) Jean Haustont
D) Philippe Néel
  • 26. What role did David-Néel take on at the casino of Tunis in 1902?
A) Lead singer
B) Piano instructor
C) Artistic director
D) Chief engineer
  • 27. On what date did David-Néel marry Philippe Néel de Saint-Sauveur?
A) 15 September 1900
B) May 1925
C) 4 August 1904
D) 9 August 1911
  • 28. How long was David-Néel's trip to India that began in 1911?
A) Fourteen years
B) Nineteen months
C) Five years
D) Ten years
  • 29. Which of these operas did David-Néel perform in?
A) La bohème
B) Tosca
C) Carmen
D) The Magic Flute
  • 30. In which city did David-Néel perform at the opera from November 1899 to January 1900?
A) Brussels
B) Hanoi
C) Athens
D) Tunis
  • 31. In what year did Alexandra David-Néel visit Lhasa, Tibet?
A) 1924
B) 1929
C) 1899
D) 1910
  • 32. Who was the French geographer and anarchist that influenced David-Néel during her childhood?
A) Benjamin Creme
B) Jean Haustont
C) Swami Bhaskarananda Saraswati
D) Elisée Reclus
  • 33. At what age did David-Néel run away to try and reach England?
A) 15
B) 21
C) 2
D) 18
  • 34. Which spiritual leader did David-Néel meet in India in 1891?
A) Swami Bhaskarananda Saraswati
B) Madame Blavatsky
C) Elisée Reclus
D) Ram Dass
  • 35. In what year did David-Néel convert to Buddhism?
A) 1889
B) 1896
C) 1891
D) 1899
  • 36. Which of the following authors was influenced by David-Néel's teachings?
A) Louis David
B) Jean Chalon
C) Raymond Brodeur
D) Jack Kerouac
  • 37. What language did David-Néel go to London to refine for her career as an orientalist?
A) English
B) Tibetan
C) Sanskrit
D) French
  • 38. According to Jean Chalon, where did David-Néel's vocation to be an orientalist and Buddhist originate?
A) Ecole pratique des hautes Etudes
B) Guimet Museum
C) Collège de France
D) British Museum
  • 39. In what country did David-Néel's family emigrate when she was four years old?
A) Switzerland
B) India
C) England
D) Belgium
  • 40. Which esotericist was influenced by David-Néel's teachings?
A) Ram Dass
B) Alan Watts
C) Allen Ginsberg
D) Benjamin Creme
  • 41. In what year did Alexandra David-Néel buy her house in Digne-les-Bains?
A) 1925
B) 1946
C) 1937
D) 1928
  • 42. What is the name of Alexandra David-Néel's house in Digne-les-Bains?
A) Samten-Dzong
B) Tachienlu
C) Amnye Machen
D) Beijing
  • 43. How old was David-Néel when she left for China in 1937?
A) Sixty-five
B) Sixty-nine
C) Seventy-nine
D) Fifty-nine
  • 44. In what year did David-Néel's husband die?
A) 1941
B) 1937
C) 1945
D) 1939
  • 45. Who helped Violet Sydney return to the West in 1939?
A) Yongden
B) Raymond Brodeur
C) Peter Goullart
D) Christian Fouchet
  • 46. Who accompanied Violet Sydney to Chengdu after Peter Goullart?
A) Tibetan monks
B) Lolo bandits
C) Her secretary
D) French Consul
  • 47. What holy mountain did David-Néel and Yongden circumambulate in Eastern Tibet?
A) Amnye Machen
B) Mount Wutai
C) Mount Chengdu
D) Mount Digne
  • 48. Who was the French Consul at Calcutta who befriended David-Néel?
A) Peter Goullart
B) Yongden
C) Raymond Brodeur
D) Christian Fouchet
  • 49. How did David-Néel leave Asia in 1946?
A) By ship
B) By airplane
C) By car
D) By the Trans-Siberian Railway
  • 50. What weather condition occurred when David-Néel first visited her house in Digne-les-Bains?
A) Heatwave
B) Snowfall
C) Windstorm
D) Rainstorm
  • 51. At what age did Alexandra David-Néel return to France to arrange her husband's estate?
A) 78
B) 87
C) 69
D) 70
  • 52. In which city did Alexandra David-Néel live after returning to France?
A) Monaco
B) Paris
C) Lyon
D) Digne
  • 53. Who did Alexandra David-Néel commend for taking her place at a conference at the Theosophical Society?
A) Yongden
B) Paul Adam
C) Jacques Brosse
D) Marie-Madeleine Peyronnet
  • 54. What title was associated with Paul Adam?
A) Venerable Aryadeva
B) Doctor of Medicine
C) Tibetan Scholar
D) Dalai Lama
  • 55. On what date did Yongden die?
A) 1 April 1957
B) June 1959
C) 7 October 1955
D) October 1959
  • 56. According to the doctor, what was the cause of Yongden's death?
A) Articular rheumatism
B) A fall
C) Indigestion
D) Kidney failure
  • 57. What illness forced David-Néel to use crutches?
A) Kidney failure
B) Fever
C) Digestive issues
D) Articular rheumatism
  • 58. Where did David-Néel move in April 1957?
A) Monaco
B) Paris
C) Tibet
D) Digne
  • 59. Who became David-Néel's personal secretary in 1959?
A) Paul Adam
B) Jacques Brosse
C) Marie-Madeleine Peyronnet
D) The 6th Dalai Lama
  • 60. Which award did Alexandra David-Néel win in 1925?
A) Prix Goncourt
B) Legion of Honour
C) Nobel Peace Prize
D) Award Monique Berlioux
  • 61. Which institution awarded Alexandra David-Néel in 1925?
A) Royal Geographical Society
B) Académie des sports
C) National Geographic Society
D) Académie française
  • 62. How many 'Gloires du sport français' are listed, including Alexandra David-Néel?
A) 25
B) 100
C) 287
D) 500
  • 63. Who paid tribute to Alexandra David-Néel in 2006?
A) Monique Berlioux
B) Marie Curie
C) Priscilla Telmon
D) Alexandra David-Néel
  • 64. Which city was the final destination of the journey recounted in the 2006 expedition?
A) Paris
B) Beijing
C) Calcutta
D) Kathmandu
  • 65. From which country did the journey recounted by Priscilla Telmon begin?
A) France
B) Nepal
C) India
D) Vietnam
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