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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, First Contact with the Northmen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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(d) That troops on the border be withdrawn.

2. What does Ibn say when he is writing about something he saw?
(a) Anyone can see this is true.
(b) This is probably true.
(c) I do not expect to be believed.
(d) I saw this with my own eyes.

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

4. Why does Ibn liken the Northmen to animals?
(a) They eat their food raw.
(b) They do not wash after a toilet.
(c) Their language sounds like growling.
(d) They fight over women.

5. How does the religious beliefs of the people from question #25 and Ibn's people compare?
(a) They do not share the same belief.
(b) They have fought wars over religion.
(c) They follow the same religion.
(d) Ibn's people have no religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who travels first on the boat when crossing the river?

2. What does Ibn observe about the Vikings social customs?

3. How is a man's possessions handled in the Northmen culture when he dies?

4. Why are Ibn and his party taken captive?

5. From whom has a letter arrived where Ibn lives?

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