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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of men did Battuta travel with after leaving Algiers?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Scholars.
(c) Priests.
(d) Robbers.

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

3. What did Battuta do when something bothered him in a bathhouse?
(a) He walked away.
(b) He reported the problem.
(c) He ran.
(d) He challenged someone to a fight.

4. What was important about Hebron?
(a) The burning bush was there.
(b) Muhammad taught there.
(c) Adam was born there.
(d) Abraham was buried there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did the Mamluks speak?

2. What kinds of robbers were often on the road to Constantine?

3. What is involved in Sufism?

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

5. What other traveler is Battuta compared to?

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