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Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan | Quiz

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1)

How does Ibn feel at first as he travels with the Northmen? (from Chapter Five, The Journey to the Far Country)

Surrounded by kindred souls.
As if he has never lived.
Like he belongs in their group.
Isolated and alone.
2)

How does Ibn leave the Northmen? (from Chapter Fifteen, The Return from the North Country)

On a merchant ship.
With a group seeking Wulfgar.
On Herger's horse.
On foot by himself.
3)

What is Trelburg? (from Chapter Six, The Encampment at Trelburg)

A military camp.
A small village.
A large town.
A huge city.
4)

How does Buliwyf find the concept of blessing food? (from Chapter Five, The Journey to the Far Country)

Intriguing.
Disgusting.
Blasphemous.
Humorous.
5)

What color is the whale that Ibn sees swimming near the boat? (from Chapter Six, The Encampment at Trelburg)

White and black.
Blue.
Black.
Grey.
6)

What do the Northmen do with great happiness following the first battle? (from Chapter Eight, The Events that Followed the First Battle)

Plan their next strategy.
Bury their dead.
Hail their king.
Congratulate Buliwyf.
7)

Why doesn't Ibn leave Hurot? (from Chapter Fifteen, The Return from the North Country)

He has fallen in love.
He has no horse to ride.
Herger has asked him to stay.
Rothgar will not let him.
8)

What possibility is discussed as to what the wendol are? (from Appendix: The Mist Monsters, Sources, and A Factual Note on Eaters of the Dead)

They are a genetic malformation.
They are the progeny of humans and apes mating.
They are an early form of human beings.
They are made with magic.
9)

Who foretells the mists will come the night after the feast? (from Chapter Seven, The Kingdom of Rothgar in the Land of Venden)

The King.
The Herald.
The Dwarf Seer.
The Angel of Death.
10)

What surrounds Trelburg? (from Chapter Six, The Encampment at Trelburg)

The ocean on one side and a river on the other side.
A desert.
Two rivers.
Mountains.
11)

Why does the group dismount when they come to the region of caves? (from Chapter Eleven, The Counsel of the Dwarf)

The horses need to rest.
He is checking the ground for footprints.
It is too rocky for horses to be ridden.
Dwarfs are afraid of horses.
12)

How do the Northwomen differ from Ibn's culture in their mannerisms? (from Chapter Eight, The Events that Followed the First Battle)

They are bolder.
They are warriors also.
They are more demur.
They are brawdy but chaste.
13)

What does Ibn think about the way the Northmen think about the number thirteen? (from Chapter Six, The Encampment at Trelburg)

They make sense.
They are irrationally superstitious.
He has given it no thought.
They are wrong according to Ibn's religion.
14)

What does Buliwyf want Ibn to do? (from Chapter Twelve, The Events of the Night Before the Attack)

Write the story of Buliwyf's heroism.
Be ready to leave in the morning.
Send people to teach the Northmen about Islam.
Stay at Hurot when they go to the glowworm.
15)

What does Herger say is customary behavior for Vikings before a sea voyage? (from Chapter Five, The Journey to the Far Country)

Sleeping as much as possible.
Praying in Odin's temple.
Visiting family and friends.
Drinking and sport with women.
16)

What does Herger tell Berger about when the wendol sleep? (from Chapter Ten, The Desert of Dread)

They sleep during the day.
They only sleep every three days.
They do not sleep.
They sleep at night.
17)

What does Buliwyf tell Ibn about Ibn's knowledge of the Northmen? (from Chapter Twelve, The Events of the Night Before the Attack)

He has learned a lot about them.
He has enough information to understand their fight.
He knows practically nothing about them.
He will stay another year and learn more about them.
18)

What does it mean if a man has a chest wound and his feet and hands are warm? (from Chapter Nine, The Attack of the Glowworm Dragon Korgon)

He will dies within twenty-four hours.
He has a fifty-fifty chance of survival.
He will survive.
He has a fever.
19)

How is Buliwyf dressed? (from Chapter Fourteen, The Death Throes of the Wendol)

All in black.
All in white.
With the armor from the dwarfs.
In greens and browns to represent the earth.
20)

What does the first appendix discuss? (from Appendix: The Mist Monsters, Sources, and A Factual Note on Eaters of the Dead)

The countries through which Ibn travels.
The identity of the mist monsters.
The authenticity of the manuscript.
Ibn's religion.
21)

What is the story about that Ibn told the hall? (from Chapter Seven, The Kingdom of Rothgar in the Land of Venden)

A story about Eygpt.
The history of Islam.
A hunt for the wild boar.
A man who does not change his slippers.
22)

How does the mist appear when the landscape changes? (from Chapter Ten, The Desert of Dread)

It hangs low, near the ground.
There are no mists.
It is thin and sparse but covers from ground to sky.
It is thick and as high as a man.
23)

What does Herger warn Ibn about approaching? (from Chapter Eight, The Events that Followed the First Battle)

Their temple dedicated to Odin.
King Rothgar.
Exceptionally beautiful women.
A lone wedol.
24)

With what are the arms of the throne-like chair found covered? (from Chapter Ten, The Desert of Dread)

Animal fur.
Carvings of words.
Blood and brain matter.
Excrement.
25)

What does Ibn ask when Herger points out the city in question #67 to him? (from Chapter Five, The Journey to the Far Country)

To be put ashore.
To not leave him there with the heathens.
To stop for a few days.
To attack the city for gold.
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