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(d) That troops on the border be withdrawn.

2. Who sent Ibn on his journey?
(a) The King of Baghdad.
(b) The King of Mesopotamia.
(c) His mother.
(d) The Prince of Siam.

3. How has Ibn acquired most of his knowledge?
(a) By traveling.
(b) From listening to bardic tales.
(c) Out of books.
(d) From his mother.

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

5. What does Ibn do where they stop?
(a) Have a healer look after the horse.
(b) Give the man many gifts.
(c) Rents a room until he is better.
(d) Hires a wheel wright to fix the wagon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ibn observe about the Vikings social customs?

3. What type of tales does Ibn avoid?

4. How prevalent is adultery among the Oguz?

5. What part of the personal habits of the people from question #25 does Ibn write?

(see the answer key)

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