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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, First Contact with the Northmen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the merchants have primarily in their houses?
(a) Beautiful girls.
(b) Cloth and spices.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Religious artifacts.

2. How long was Ibn gone?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two years.
(c) A year.
(d) Three years.

3. How does Ibn list the rivers he has crossed?
(a) In alphabetic order.
(b) The order in which they are crossed.
(c) From the longest to the shortest.
(d) From the widest to the most narrow.

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

5. 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 hung in the trees.
(c) He is encased in a stone tomb.
(d) He is burned on a pyre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the position of the man in question #15?

2. Upon what river do several men and horses perish?

3. What is the first information given about Ibn?

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

5. What does Ibn tend to present in his writings?

(see the answer key)

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