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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the warriors do when they reach Rothgar's hall before embarking from the ship?
(a) Fill their water jugs.
(b) Put away the sails.
(c) Clean the ship.
(d) Dress in their battle gear.

2. What is said in the introduction about Ibn's writing style?
(a) It is very poetic.
(b) It may seem strange to readers.
(c) It reads like fiction.
(d) It is very descriptive.

3. How does Ibn feel about his coming journey with the Northmen?
(a) Excited.
(b) Happy.
(c) Curious.
(d) Resigned.

4. What does Ibn see at the mountains?
(a) A multitude of caves.
(b) Hot springs gushing from them.
(c) Goats that climb sheer cliffs.
(d) Wild men with strange tattoos.

5. How many times has Ibn traveled away from his home city before this journey?
(a) Once.
(b) Never
(c) Twice.
(d) Five times.

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

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

8. What is the differences between Ibn's observations of the Vikings and the general European view of them at that time?
(a) The Vikings are more matriarchal than thought.
(b) They are not as civilized as thought in Europe.
(c) He said that were not the barbarians Europeans thought.
(d) The Vikings are much more pacifistic than thought.

9. How many gates does Trelburg have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

10. What does Ibn notice the Northmen fear?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Fog.
(d) Snow.

11. What does Ibn say when the interpreter explains the Northmen's fear?
(a) It is silly.
(b) He too is afraid of some things.
(c) It must be a Viking superstition.
(d) It is prudent but still he does not understand.

12. Why are Ibn and his party taken captive?
(a) They are thought to carry the plague.
(b) They practice the wrong religion.
(c) They are thought to be spies.
(d) They have not paid the wheel wright.

13. What does Buliwyf find in his destroyed village?
(a) His dead wife.
(b) A stone image of the mother.
(c) His sword.
(d) His horse.

14. What does Ecthgow say to Ibn about the why the whales attack boats?
(a) To knock men into the water.
(b) To stop the noise from the shields.
(c) To play with the boats.
(d) To mate with them.

15. What does Thorkel want to do with Ibn?
(a) Have him initiated into the tribe.
(b) Make him leave immediately.
(c) Take him to his village.
(d) Kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ibn list the rivers he has crossed?

2. Where is Ibn sent on his journey?

3. How does Ibn feel at first as he travels with the Northmen?

4. What does Ibn say when he is writing about something he saw?

5. Why does Ibn liken the Northmen to animals?

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