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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. How does Ibn feel at first as he travels with the Northmen?
(a) Surrounded by kindred souls.
(b) As if he has never lived.
(c) Like he belongs in their group.
(d) Isolated and alone.

2. Upon what river do several men and horses perish?
(a) The Putnak.
(b) The Gayih.
(c) The Nile.
(d) The Danube.

3. What type of houses do merchants of the Northmen use?
(a) Large wooden houses.
(b) Tents.
(c) Houses with stone exteriors.
(d) They build their merchant house in the trees.

4. How does Buliwyf find the concept of blessing food?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Disgusting.
(c) Intriguing.
(d) Blasphemous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sits on top of the earth wall encircling Trelburg?

2. Who sent Ibn on his journey?

3. What is said in the introduction about Ibn's writing style?

4. In what year was Ibn Fadlan sent on his journey?

5. Who foretells the mists will come the night after the feast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the party stay for two days and what does Ibn find out about Northmen behavior before a sea voyage?

2. How do the Northmen hold funeral rites for their leader?

3. What do the Northmen merchants have to sell and where do they sell it?

4. What does a boat that arrives bear and what is the message given to Buliwyf?

5. How long was Ibn gone, and how did he tell about his journey?

6. What is the letter that is mentioned in Chapter One?

7. How does Chapter One begin and what does the writer say about himself?

8. Why did Ibn Fadlan go on a journey, who sent him, when did he go and what changed his original destination?

9. What does Herger ask Ibn about writing, how does Ibn respond and what upsets one of the warriors about writing?

10. What hits the land right after the burial and what does Ibn notice about the Northmen?

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