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

2. Where did Battuta meet people who were of his religion as he travelled?
(a) Mecca.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Maldives.
(d) Cairo.

3. What was Battuta told about his future?
(a) He would make his mother proud.
(b) He would travel extensively.
(c) He would die young.
(d) He would be wealthy.

4. What is Dunn’s role in this book?
(a) A narrator.
(b) The antagonist.
(c) A researcher.
(d) The main character.

5. What city along the Nile did Battuta spend time at before continuing on?
(a) Tilya.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Reijha.
(d) Constantinople.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Battuta make his pilgrimage more dangerous than it had to be at the beginning?

2. What did Battuta do while waiting for a hajj?

3. How does Dunn say Muslim women lived at the time of this book?

4. What did Battuta do when something bothered him in a bathhouse?

5. Why did Battuta divorce his first wife?

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