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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is a dead Northman's body placed?
(a) Put into a stone tomb.
(b) On a ship.
(c) Burned in the trees.
(d) Buried in the ground.

3. What surrounds Trelburg?
(a) Mountains.
(b) A desert.
(c) Two rivers.
(d) The ocean on one side and a river on the other side.

4. What does Ibn ask when Herger points out the city in question #67 to him?
(a) To not leave him there with the heathens.
(b) To be put ashore.
(c) To attack the city for gold.
(d) To stop for a few days.

5. What do the merchants have primarily in their houses?
(a) Beautiful girls.
(b) Religious artifacts.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Cloth and spices.

6. How is a man's possessions handled in the Northmen culture when he dies?
(a) They are given away to the poor.
(b) They are burned.
(c) They all go to his wife.
(d) They are divided into three parts.

7. What are the funeral practices for a man of repute in the Oguz?
(a) He is encased in a stone tomb.
(b) He is hung in the trees.
(c) He is burned on a pyre.
(d) He is buried a large pit with all his possessions.

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

9. What language do Herger and Ibn share?
(a) Latin.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Greek.
(d) Arabic.

10. What does Ibn think about the way the Northmen think about the number thirteen?
(a) They are wrong according to Ibn's religion.
(b) They are irrationally superstitious.
(c) They make sense.
(d) He has given it no thought.

11. What skill does Ibn say is most noticeable on the first leg of his journey with the Northmen?
(a) Their fighting skills.
(b) Their skills playing chess.
(c) Their sailing skills.
(d) Their ability to woo women.

12. What is Trelburg?
(a) A huge city.
(b) A small village.
(c) A large town.
(d) A military camp.

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

14. Why is there problems with the Northmen's leader?
(a) He does not like to fight.
(b) He is ill.
(c) He is unable to have children.
(d) He is too young.

15. How does Ibn feel at first as he travels with the Northmen?
(a) Like he belongs in their group.
(b) Isolated and alone.
(c) As if he has never lived.
(d) Surrounded by kindred souls.

Short Answer Questions

1. How prevalent is adultery among the Oguz?

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

3. From whom has a letter arrived where Ibn lives?

4. What does Herger say is customary behavior for Vikings before a sea voyage?

5. What kind of head do the warriors see on a spike?

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