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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix: The Mist Monsters, Sources, and A Factual Note on Eaters of the Dead.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the caves where the warriors are going called?
(a) Land Below.
(b) Thunder caves.
(c) Wendol caverns.
(d) Home of the cliff dwellers.

2. What happens the night before a funeral with the woman who will be killed to be placed with the dead man?
(a) She is tied to a stake during the celebration.
(b) She is left for quiet meditation.
(c) She is raped by all the men.
(d) She is drugged.

3. What is inside the ditch for the new fortifications?
(a) Water and stakes.
(b) Quicksand.
(c) Barbed wire.
(d) Poisonous snakes.

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

5. What does Herger say is customary behavior for Vikings before a sea voyage?
(a) Praying in Odin's temple.
(b) Sleeping as much as possible.
(c) Drinking and sport with women.
(d) Visiting family and friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the wendol's mother live?

2. How does Ibn feel about his coming journey with the Northmen?

3. What knocks a bear head off of one of the wendol?

4. What does the first appendix discuss?

5. What does Ibn observe about the Vikings social customs?

(see the answer key)

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