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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, The Aftermath of the Northmen's Funeral.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what direction is Ibn's party traveling?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

2. What does the interpreter tell Ibn to do about the situation of which Ibn is informed at the funeral?
(a) He tells Ibn to kill Thorkel.
(b) He tells Ibn to wait and see how things turn out.
(c) He tells Ibn to leave right after the funeral.
(d) He tells Ibn to present his credentials to Buliwyf.

3. What does Thorkel want to do with Ibn?
(a) Have him initiated into the tribe.
(b) Make him leave immediately.
(c) Take him to his village.
(d) Kill him.

4. How is a man's possessions handled in the Northmen culture when he dies?
(a) They all go to his wife.
(b) They are given away to the poor.
(c) They are divided into three parts.
(d) They are burned.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom has a letter arrived where Ibn lives?

2. What does Ibn say when he is writing about something he saw?

3. What is Buliwyf ask to do?

4. What does Ibn list in his narrative?

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

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