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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) 879 A.D.
(c) 921 A.D.
(d) 150 B.C.

2. Who choses Ibn to fulfill the letter's request?
(a) No one, Ibn volunteers.
(b) The Count of Syri.
(c) The President of the University.
(d) The Caliph.

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

4. About what people does Ibn begin writing about in Chapter Two?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Britons.
(c) The Northmen.
(d) The Bulgars.

5. What does the boat that arrive contain?
(a) Buliwyf's wife.
(b) A letter for Ibn.
(c) One of Buliwyf's male relatives.
(d) Food for travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ibn become by the end of Chapter Four?

2. What does the letter in Chapter One request?

3. What is the essence of the people from question #25 culture?

4. How does the religious beliefs of the people from question #25 and Ibn's people compare?

5. How is a man's possessions handled in the Northmen culture when he dies?

(see the answer key)

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