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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of head do the warriors see on a spike?
(a) Horse.
(b) Ox.
(c) Bear.
(d) Razorback.

2. What color is the whale that Ibn sees swimming near the boat?
(a) Grey.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) White and black.

3. What are the warriors told to leave outside the hall?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Their boots.
(c) Their shields.
(d) Their weapons.

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

5. What happens to the weather after the funeral?
(a) It begins to snow.
(b) It is sunny and warm.
(c) A storm comes.
(d) It turns icy cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the essence of the people from question #25 culture?

2. What does Ibn notice the Northmen fear?

3. What is Buliwyf ask to do?

4. Why are the warriors of Trelburg clean?

5. What amazes Ibn about the hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What hits the land right after the burial and what does Ibn notice about the Northmen?

2. How does Chapter One begin and what does the writer say about himself?

3. What does Ibn and his party see as they walk towards Rothgar's Hall and how do the Viking warriors feel about it?

4. What does Ibn do about leaving at the beginning of Chapter Five, and how does he feel about his journey with the Northmen?

5. Describe Trelburg.

6. Where do the Northmen make landfall, how do they travel next and how does Ibn feel about the traveling? Why do they travel so many hours in a day?

7. Why did Ibn Fadlan go on a journey, who sent him, when did he go and what changed his original destination?

8. Who tells Ibn about the wendol and what does he say?

9. How do the Northmen hold funeral rites for their leader?

10. What is the letter that is mentioned in Chapter One?

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