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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue-Chapter 5: "The Story of the March".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mustafa story, The Moor's Account, begins with a sentence highlighting which year "in Hegira" (5)?
(a) 632.
(b) 1066.
(c) 1476.
(d) 934.

2. Many members of the expedition realized that they were hopelessly lost when they followed which natural feature "all the way to the ocean," but find "only a wide and shallow bay" (68)?
(a) Río Oscuro.
(b) Snake River.
(c) Stanpole Creek.
(d) The Umm er-Rbi’ River.

3. According to Mustafa's Uncle Omar, the Portuguese army that occupied Azemmur in Mustafa's youth and then took the city in the Battle of Azemmur numbered how many thousand men?
(a) 36.
(b) 4.
(c) 18.
(d) 40.

4. Which deity does Mustafa name in the Prologue of The Moor's Account?
(a) Allah.
(b) Christ.
(c) God.
(d) Gonesh.

5. Who called to Mustafa in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida" to inquire about the pebble he had found?
(a) Father Anselmo.
(b) Señor Dorantes.
(c) Señor Castillo.
(d) Señor Narváez.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country do Mustafa's so-called "companions" (3) hail, whose accounts he says he "intends to correct" (3)?

2. What terms does Mustafa use to characterize the ways in which Father Anselmo was different from the other friars in the armada?

3. Mustafa states that members of the expedition found how many Indians hiding nearby the village with a dozen huts?

4. Mustafa states that he is writing the account that makes up the pages of the book how long after the events transpired?

5. How many days did it take for the entire armada to disembark from their ships?

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