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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What amazes Ibn about the hall?
(a) The number of women in the hall.
(b) Its elegance.
(c) The paintings on the wall.
(d) Its low ceilings.

3. What sits on top of the earth wall encircling Trelburg?
(a) A stone wall.
(b) Large planted trees.
(c) A fence.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. What does Buliwyf think about waiting to be announced?
(a) It is inhospitable.
(b) It is an honor.
(c) It is a vain gesture on Rothgar's part.
(d) He doesn't express an opinion.

6. Why do the Northmen fear the item in question #55?
(a) It burns their fair skin.
(b) They are sailors.
(c) It can destroy a house.
(d) It confuses them.

7. Where is Ibn sent on his journey?
(a) To Alexandria.
(b) To the Egyptians.
(c) To the Bulgars.
(d) To Rome.

8. With what does Chapter One begin?
(a) A lamentation for lives lost.
(b) An invocation to Allah.
(c) A statement of intention.
(d) A recounting of the introduction.

9. Why are the warriors of Trelburg clean?
(a) They swim in the ocean everyday.
(b) They have hot springs inside.
(c) They wash in the river regularly.
(d) There is 200 days of rain every year.

10. How does Buliwyf find the concept of blessing food?
(a) Disgusting.
(b) Intriguing.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Blasphemous.

11. Who sent Ibn on his journey?
(a) The Prince of Siam.
(b) His mother.
(c) The King of Baghdad.
(d) The King of Mesopotamia.

12. What does Ibn become by the end of Chapter Four?
(a) The ambassador to the Northmen.
(b) The husband of Buliwyf's sister.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The thirteenth warrior.

13. What is the usual distance between each river crossing?
(a) One day.
(b) Two to four days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A week.

14. How does Ibn view his coming trip with the Northmen?
(a) As a great adventure.
(b) As a death sentence.
(c) As a way to gather a great deal of information.
(d) As a wonderful way to study another culture.

15. What does the number thirteen correspond to in Viking lore?
(a) The number of Viking tribes.
(b) The number of enemy a man must kill to be a warrior.
(c) The number of full moons in a year.
(d) The number of Viking gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the warriors see on the ground at the farmhouse where they stop?

2. What are the funeral practices for a man of repute in the Oguz?

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

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

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

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