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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Thirteen, The Thunder Caves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Buliwyf ask to do?
(a) Battle a fierce monster.
(b) Build a new ship for the king.
(c) Accompany Ibn to Rome.
(d) Give the crown to Thorkel.

2. Who travels first on the boat when crossing the river?
(a) The horses.
(b) Warriors.
(c) Women and children.
(d) All the men.

3. What does Ibn say when he is writing about something he saw?
(a) I saw this with my own eyes.
(b) Anyone can see this is true.
(c) This is probably true.
(d) I do not expect to be believed.

4. What litters the ground of Rothgar's compound?
(a) Bodies of dead women, children and men.
(b) Bodies of the wendol.
(c) Dozens of torches.
(d) Burned wood.

5. How prevalent is adultery among the Oguz?
(a) Over half the men and a third of the women take lovers outside marriage.
(b) It does not exist.
(c) About ten percent of the men commit adultery.
(d) Marriage does not include monogamy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the personal habits of the people from question #25 does Ibn write?

2. What do the warriors do when they reach Rothgar's hall before embarking from the ship?

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

4. What does Buliwyf do with a small stone carving they find in the farmhouse?

5. What do the Northwomen look like?

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