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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Maristan?
(a) A grand ship.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A trade center.
(d) A mosque.

2. What was all around the city of Cairo?
(a) A mural.
(b) A wall.
(c) A serpentine pattern.
(d) A trench.

3. Why did Battuta divorce his first wife?
(a) He got in a fight with her father.
(b) He met someone he liked better.
(c) She spoke back to him.
(d) She didn’t have a son.

4. What tribe was Battuta descended from?
(a) The Brays.
(b) The Brastias.
(c) The Brahmas.
(d) The Berbers.

5. What caused growth in Tangier at the time in this book?
(a) Religion.
(b) Trading.
(c) Wars.
(d) Famine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the Marinids?

2. What was Battuta’s first name?

3. Why does Dunn say he thinks Battuta was so eager to travel?

4. What was important about Hebron?

5. What made Battuta sad when leaving on his pilgrimage?

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