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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the essence of the people from question #25 culture?
(a) Warlike.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Agrarian.
(d) Nomadic.
2. 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) Marriage does not include monogamy.
(d) About ten percent of the men commit adultery.
3. What is the first information given about Ibn?
(a) His birthdate.
(b) His age.
(c) His full name and station.
(d) His beliefs.
4. How does Ibn list the rivers he has crossed?
(a) In alphabetic order.
(b) From the widest to the most narrow.
(c) From the longest to the shortest.
(d) The order in which they are crossed.
5. Who is Wulfgar's father?
(a) Thorkel.
(b) Rothgar.
(c) Buliwyf.
(d) Wyglif.
6. What does the interpreter say to Ibn's comment?
(a) He explains it has to do with their gods.
(b) He does not explain the Northmen.
(c) He says that it always kills someone.
(d) He agrees that all men are afraid of something.
7. What does Buliwyf do with a small stone carving they find in the farmhouse?
(a) Throw it down and shatter it.
(b) Place it over the graves they dig for the farm family.
(c) Put it in his pocket.
(d) Bury it.
8. What is the differences between Ibn's observations of the Vikings and the general European view of them at that time?
(a) He said that were not the barbarians Europeans thought.
(b) They are not as civilized as thought in Europe.
(c) The Vikings are much more pacifistic than thought.
(d) The Vikings are more matriarchal than thought.
9. Who choses Ibn to fulfill the letter's request?
(a) The Count of Syri.
(b) The President of the University.
(c) The Caliph.
(d) No one, Ibn volunteers.
10. What does Ecthgow say to Ibn about the why the whales attack boats?
(a) To play with the boats.
(b) To knock men into the water.
(c) To mate with them.
(d) To stop the noise from the shields.
11. What does Ibn learn during the funeral of the Northmen leader?
(a) Buliwyf wants Ibn to marry his sister.
(b) Wyglif wants to stay king.
(c) Thorkel desires the throne.
(d) Thorkel wants to marry Buliwyf's daughter.
12. What does Ibn notice the Northmen fear?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Snow.
(d) Fog.
13. What happens to the weather after the funeral?
(a) It is sunny and warm.
(b) It begins to snow.
(c) A storm comes.
(d) It turns icy cold.
14. What does Ibn say when he is writing about something he saw?
(a) I do not expect to be believed.
(b) Anyone can see this is true.
(c) I saw this with my own eyes.
(d) This is probably true.
15. What are the warriors told to leave outside the hall?
(a) Their weapons.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Their boots.
(d) Their shields.
Short Answer Questions
1. Upon what river do several men and horses perish?
2. What happens the night before a funeral with the woman who will be killed to be placed with the dead man?
3. What is the name of the Northmen's leader?
4. What does Thorkel want to do with Ibn?
5. What does Ibn list in his narrative?
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