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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocked Battuta about the Mongol leaders?
(a) They knew much about the Muslims.
(b) They spoke Hindu.
(c) They were kind and generous.
(d) They allowed their women in the courtroom.

2. How many wagons did Battuta hire to get to New Saray?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 3.

3. What was killing many people in Europe at the time of this book?
(a) Famine.
(b) The plague.
(c) Floods.
(d) The crusades.

4. Why did Battuta take a harder route to get to al-Qiram?
(a) To make another pilgrimage.
(b) To take a new path.
(c) To avoid danger.
(d) To visit family.

5. What did Battuta do when he got cold after leaving Constantinople?
(a) Put on all his clothing.
(b) Drank spirits.
(c) Made a fire.
(d) Returned to the city.

6. When was the Rihla rediscovered?
(a) The 17th Century.
(b) The 19th Century.
(c) The 18th Century.
(d) The 16th Century.

7. What made Rihlas popular?
(a) Schools loved such records.
(b) The people were finally literary.
(c) It was a tradition of the time.
(d) Not many people travelled.

8. Why does Dunn say it was good Battuta didn’t go to Delhi?
(a) The empire was crumbling.
(b) He would not have been given a job.
(c) He would have been arrested.
(d) A war was starting.

9. How did the Rihla come to be?
(a) It was something Battuta always wanted.
(b) It was found.
(c) It was commissioned.
(d) It was Muslim tradition.

10. What sunk the ships in Calicut?
(a) An explosion.
(b) Too much cargo.
(c) Robbers.
(d) A storm.

11. Why did ToghonTemur like to open relationships with the Muslims?
(a) To spread his empire.
(b) To increase trade routes.
(c) To educate himself.
(d) To hide his real ambitions.

12. Where does Dunn think the information about cultures came from?
(a) Memory.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Battuta’s journal.
(d) Other records.

13. How many wagons were in the train to New Saray?
(a) 200.
(b) 250.
(c) 150.
(d) 100.

14. What surprised Dunn about Battuta contacting Teghon Temur?
(a) It had been years since he set out.
(b) He had been fired.
(c) He was sick.
(d) He had no gifts to bring.

15. What river was near New Saray?
(a) The Vula River.
(b) The Volga River.
(c) The Vega River.
(d) The Viger River.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people raise their children at the time of this book?

2. What was Battuta accused of when the Rihla was finished?

3. How many khanates were there at the time of this book?

4. What happened just before Battuta met Mansa Sulayman?

5. How did Battuta get to Mali?

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