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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 type of tales does Ibn avoid?
(a) Tales against Islam.
(b) Untrue tales.
(c) Heresy tales.
(d) Bardic tales.

2. What does Buliwyf find in his destroyed village?
(a) A stone image of the mother.
(b) His dead wife.
(c) His horse.
(d) His sword.

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

4. What does Ibn see at the mountains?
(a) A multitude of caves.
(b) Wild men with strange tattoos.
(c) Hot springs gushing from them.
(d) Goats that climb sheer cliffs.

5. Why does Ibn's party stop after they leave the Oguz?
(a) They are refused passage by a man.
(b) Ibn is sick.
(c) One of their wagons has broken.
(d) A horse has gone lame.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not go with Ibn on his journey with the Northmen?

2. What does the interpreter say to Ibn's comment?

3. What does Ibn ask when Herger points out the city in question #67 to him?

4. What happens to the weather after the funeral?

5. How does Ibn view his coming trip with the Northmen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Northmen's fear explained to Ibn?

2. What is Ibn's writing style and why does he write like that?

3. Where does the party stay for two days and what does Ibn find out about Northmen behavior before a sea voyage?

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

5. What do Buliwyf and his group find in a farmhouse and what does Buliwyf find there that he smashes?

6. What trouble are the Northmen experiencing when Ibn meets them?

7. What kind of man is Ibn, and how much has he traveled before this journey?

8. What does Crichton say about Ibn's observations of the Vikings?

9. How does Ibn describe the rivers where he travels?

10. Describe Trelburg.

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