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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 has Ibn acquired most of his knowledge?
(a) By traveling.
(b) Out of books.
(c) From listening to bardic tales.
(d) From his mother.

2. What does the interpreter tell Ibn to do about the situation of which Ibn is informed at the funeral?
(a) He tells Ibn to leave right after the funeral.
(b) He tells Ibn to kill Thorkel.
(c) He tells Ibn to wait and see how things turn out.
(d) He tells Ibn to present his credentials to Buliwyf.

3. What skill does Ibn say is most noticeable on the first leg of his journey with the Northmen?
(a) Their sailing skills.
(b) Their skills playing chess.
(c) Their ability to woo women.
(d) Their fighting skills.

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

5. Who choses Ibn to fulfill the letter's request?
(a) The President of the University.
(b) No one, Ibn volunteers.
(c) The Caliph.
(d) The Count of Syri.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surrounds Trelburg?

2. Why are Ibn and his party taken captive?

3. What are the funeral practices for a man of repute in the Oguz?

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

5. In what direction is Ibn's party traveling?

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. What is Ibn's writing style and why does he write like that?

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

4. What does Ibn learn about Thorkel during the burial rites?

5. How is the Northmen's fear explained to Ibn?

6. Describe Trelburg.

7. What does Ibn and his party see as they walk towards Rothgar's Hall and how do the Viking warriors feel about it?

8. Why is there no adultery among the Turks?

9. What does Crichton say about Ibn's observations of the Vikings?

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

(see the answer keys)

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