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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is involved in Sufism?
(a) History.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Science.
(d) Mysticism.

2. Where did Battuta wait to join a hajj?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Galilee.
(c) Bethlehem.
(d) Damascus.

3. How long did it take for Battuta to get to the Nile Delta?
(a) 6 Months.
(b) 8 Months.
(c) 7 Months.
(d) 9 Months.

4. What bothered Battuta in a bathhouse?
(a) There was a whore.
(b) The music was too loud.
(c) The men were naked.
(d) The windows didn’t quite face West.

5. What made Battuta sad when leaving on his pilgrimage?
(a) Selling his belongings.
(b) Leaving his parents.
(c) Losing his job.
(d) Stopping his education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Tangier not a center of learning?

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

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

4. Where did Battuta meet his first wife?

5. What caused growth in Tangier at the time in this book?

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