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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What sits on top of the earth wall encircling Trelburg?
(a) A stone wall.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Large planted trees.
(d) A fence.
2. What does Ibn think about the way the Northmen think about the number thirteen?
(a) They are wrong according to Ibn's religion.
(b) They make sense.
(c) He has given it no thought.
(d) They are irrationally superstitious.
3. How does Ibn feel about his coming journey with the Northmen?
(a) Excited.
(b) Happy.
(c) Curious.
(d) Resigned.
4. How has Ibn acquired most of his knowledge?
(a) By traveling.
(b) Out of books.
(c) From his mother.
(d) From listening to bardic tales.
5. What is the usual distance between each river crossing?
(a) A week.
(b) One day.
(c) Two to four days.
(d) Two weeks.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many times has Ibn traveled away from his home city before this journey?
2. Where is a dead Northman's body placed?
3. What does the letter in Chapter One request?
4. In what direction is Ibn's party traveling?
5. What is the differences between Ibn's observations of the Vikings and the general European view of them at that time?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ibn think of Rothgar's Hall when he first sees it and what does Herger say about the hall?
2. What is the river Gayih like and what happens when Ibn crosses it?
3. What do the Northmen merchants have to sell and where do they sell it?
4. What is the letter that is mentioned in Chapter One?
5. What does Crichton say about Ibn's observations of the Vikings?
6. What do Buliwyf and his group find in a farmhouse and what does Buliwyf find there that he smashes?
7. How does Chapter One begin and what does the writer say about himself?
8. Describe Trelburg.
9. What holds up Ibn's travels?
10. What does Ibn note about the difference between the people at Trelburg and the Northmen and what does he find out there about the troubles at Rothgar's Hall?
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