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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, The Journey to the Far Country.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ibn say about the size of the Northmen?
(a) They look about the same size as his people.
(b) They are virtual giants.
(c) They are somewhat tall but almost skeletal.
(d) They are short but broad.

3. Who sees to the comfort of Ibn's party?
(a) Scanmeade.
(b) Wyglif.
(c) Trophif.
(d) Buliwyf.

4. What type of houses do merchants of the Northmen use?
(a) Large wooden houses.
(b) Tents.
(c) They build their merchant house in the trees.
(d) Houses with stone exteriors.

5. How long was Ibn gone?
(a) A year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the differences between Ibn's observations of the Vikings and the general European view of them at that time?

2. How does Buliwyf find the concept of blessing food?

3. Why do the Northmen fear the item in question #55?

4. What is the purpose of a Northman's burial ritual?

5. How does Ibn list the rivers he has crossed?

(see the answer key)

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