Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, The Aftermath of the Northmen's Funeral.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ibn say when the interpreter explains the Northmen's fear?
(a) It is silly.
(b) It must be a Viking superstition.
(c) He too is afraid of some things.
(d) It is prudent but still he does not understand.

2. What are the funeral practices for a man of repute in the Oguz?
(a) He is encased in a stone tomb.
(b) He is buried a large pit with all his possessions.
(c) He is hung in the trees.
(d) He is burned on a pyre.

3. What does the letter in Chapter One request?
(a) Someone be sent to the person in question #15.
(b) That troops on the border be withdrawn.
(c) That aid in the form of food be sent.
(d) That someone be sent to help fight the monsters in the mists.

4. What part of the personal habits of the people from question #25 does Ibn write?
(a) Family relationships.
(b) Marriage customs.
(c) Personal hygiene practices.
(d) Sexual mores.

5. In what year was Ibn Fadlan sent on his journey?
(a) 879 A.D.
(b) 150 B.C.
(c) 700 A.D.
(d) 921 A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the interpreter tell Ibn to do about the situation of which Ibn is informed at the funeral?

2. Why does Ibn liken the Northmen to animals?

3. How does the religious beliefs of the people from question #25 and Ibn's people compare?

4. What does Ibn notice the Northmen fear?

5. What kind of clothing do the Northmen wear?

(see the answer key)

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