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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 is the purpose of a Northman's burial ritual?
(a) To keep down disease.
(b) To help the wife grieve.
(c) To send the dead man quickly to Paradise.
(d) So the poor in the community are taken care of by the dead.

2. How does the religious beliefs of the people from question #25 and Ibn's people compare?
(a) They have fought wars over religion.
(b) Ibn's people have no religion.
(c) They follow the same religion.
(d) They do not share the same belief.

3. Why are Ibn and his party taken captive?
(a) They are thought to be spies.
(b) They have not paid the wheel wright.
(c) They are thought to carry the plague.
(d) They practice the wrong religion.

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

5. Who sent Ibn on his journey?
(a) The King of Mesopotamia.
(b) The Prince of Siam.
(c) The King of Baghdad.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sees to the comfort of Ibn's party?

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

3. Why is there problems with the Northmen's leader?

4. For what purpose does Ibn write?

5. In what direction is Ibn's party traveling?

(see the answer key)

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