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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. In what year was Ibn Fadlan sent on his journey?
(a) 700 A.D.
(b) 921 A.D.
(c) 879 A.D.
(d) 150 B.C.

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

3. What does the letter in Chapter One request?
(a) That aid in the form of food be sent.
(b) Someone be sent to the person in question #15.
(c) That troops on the border be withdrawn.
(d) That someone be sent to help fight the monsters in the mists.

4. Who does not go with Ibn on his journey with the Northmen?
(a) His valet.
(b) His brother.
(c) His religious teacher.
(d) His interpreter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Chapter One begin?

2. Who is Wulfgar's father?

3. About what people does Ibn begin writing about in Chapter Two?

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

5. What does Ibn list in his narrative?

(see the answer key)

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