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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Steppe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of town does Dunn call Tangier at this point in history?
(a) A port town.
(b) A frontier town.
(c) A metropolitan town.
(d) A rural town.

2. What was Cairo a crossroads of in the time of this book?
(a) Trade routes.
(b) Warring tribes.
(c) Inventions and technology.
(d) Religious reform.

3. Who went for help when danger was encountered while crossing the Pontic mountains?
(a) A slave.
(b) The camel hand.
(c) Battuta.
(d) Sufi.

4. What country is now where Anatolia used to be?
(a) Palestine.
(b) Syria.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Turkey.

5. What does Dunn say caused the diversity in Mecca?
(a) The prisons.
(b) The schools.
(c) The trading routes.
(d) The pilgrims.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothered Battuta in a bathhouse?

2. What were the yurts on the wagons to New Saray made of?

3. Why was Tangier not a center of learning?

4. What does Dunn say about the ceremonies described in this book?

5. What was the most common animal to see in a hajj?

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