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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, The Ways of the Oguz Turks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the funeral practices for a man of repute in the Oguz?
(a) He is hung in the trees.
(b) He is buried a large pit with all his possessions.
(c) He is encased in a stone tomb.
(d) He is burned on a pyre.

2. Who travels first on the boat when crossing the river?
(a) Women and children.
(b) All the men.
(c) Warriors.
(d) The horses.

3. What does the letter in Chapter One request?
(a) Someone be sent to the person in question #15.
(b) That someone be sent to help fight the monsters in the mists.
(c) That aid in the form of food be sent.
(d) That troops on the border be withdrawn.

4. Who choses Ibn to fulfill the letter's request?
(a) The President of the University.
(b) The Count of Syri.
(c) No one, Ibn volunteers.
(d) The Caliph.

5. Upon what river do several men and horses perish?
(a) The Putnak.
(b) The Gayih.
(c) The Danube.
(d) The Nile.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what people does Ibn begin writing about in Chapter Two?

2. In what year was Ibn Fadlan sent on his journey?

3. Why does Ibn's party stop after they leave the Oguz?

4. What is the differences between Ibn's observations of the Vikings and the general European view of them at that time?

5. What does Ibn list in his narrative?

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