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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what direction is Ibn's party traveling?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) South.

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

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

4. Why does Ibn liken the Northmen to animals?
(a) They eat their food raw.
(b) They do not wash after a toilet.
(c) Their language sounds like growling.
(d) They fight over women.

5. Who foretells the mists will come the night after the feast?
(a) The King.
(b) The Angel of Death.
(c) The Dwarf Seer.
(d) The Herald.

6. What is the position of the man in question #15?
(a) War Leader of the Northmen.
(b) King of the Britons.
(c) Emperor of Rome.
(d) King of the Saqaliba.

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

9. What does the boat that arrive contain?
(a) Buliwyf's wife.
(b) One of Buliwyf's male relatives.
(c) Food for travel.
(d) A letter for Ibn.

10. Who sees to the comfort of Ibn's party?
(a) Scanmeade.
(b) Wyglif.
(c) Buliwyf.
(d) Trophif.

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

12. How long was Ibn gone?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three years.
(c) A year.
(d) Six months.

13. What is the purpose of a Northman's burial ritual?
(a) So the poor in the community are taken care of by the dead.
(b) To help the wife grieve.
(c) To send the dead man quickly to Paradise.
(d) To keep down disease.

14. What does Ibn list in his narrative?
(a) The amount of money needed for the food.
(b) How long each leg of the journey will take.
(c) The people he is supposed to meet.
(d) Items to be taken with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the number thirteen correspond to in Viking lore?

2. For what purpose does Ibn write?

3. Why do the warriors beat their shields on the ship?

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

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

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