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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. About what people does Ibn begin writing about in Chapter Two?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Bulgars.
(c) The Britons.
(d) The Northmen.

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

7. What type of tales does Ibn avoid?
(a) Bardic tales.
(b) Tales against Islam.
(c) Heresy tales.
(d) Untrue tales.

8. What does Ibn learn during the funeral of the Northmen leader?
(a) Wyglif wants to stay king.
(b) Buliwyf wants Ibn to marry his sister.
(c) Thorkel wants to marry Buliwyf's daughter.
(d) Thorkel desires the throne.

9. From whom has a letter arrived where Ibn lives?
(a) Fulati.
(b) Yiltawar.
(c) Habinar.
(d) Niltwin.

10. How long are the Northmen on the river for the first leg of Ibn's journey?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) A month.
(d) Four days.

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

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

13. What does the interpreter say to Ibn's comment?
(a) He says that it always kills someone.
(b) He does not explain the Northmen.
(c) He agrees that all men are afraid of something.
(d) He explains it has to do with their gods.

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

15. What part of the personal habits of the people from question #25 does Ibn write?
(a) Marriage customs.
(b) Personal hygiene practices.
(c) Sexual mores.
(d) Family relationships.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ibn do where they stop?

3. What are the warriors told to leave outside the hall?

4. What is the differences between Ibn's observations of the Vikings and the general European view of them at that time?

5. How many sons does Rothgar still have living?

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