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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What impressed Battuta most about the feat he attended in Anatolia?
(a) The talk was purely religious.
(b) There was food he had never seen.
(c) He learns of new books.
(d) They were very generous.

3. What kind of gifts did Battuta get in Mali?
(a) Tourist gifts.
(b) Religious relics.
(c) Large gifts.
(d) Small gifts.

4. What does Dunn call the time of these travels in history?
(a) The Islamic Overtake.
(b) The Muslim Middle Ages.
(c) The Religious Awakening.
(d) The Middle Eastern Industrial Period.

5. Where was Tophon Temur from?
(a) India.
(b) Sri Lanka.
(c) China.
(d) Syria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was something Tughluq punished people for severely?

2. Why does Dunn doubt Battuta stayed in Mecca as long as he claimed?

3. What is a fityan?

4. What kind of struggles in Tangier does Dunn say changed history?

5. How long did Battuta say he stayed in Mecca?

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