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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix: The Mist Monsters, Sources, and A Factual Note on Eaters of the Dead.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Herger warn Ibn about approaching?
(a) Exceptionally beautiful women.
(b) A lone wedol.
(c) Their temple dedicated to Odin.
(d) King Rothgar.

2. How is a man's possessions handled in the Northmen culture when he dies?
(a) They all go to his wife.
(b) They are burned.
(c) They are given away to the poor.
(d) They are divided into three parts.

3. What do some of the horses manage to do with the fence?
(a) Jump it.
(b) Knock it down.
(c) Fall against it.
(d) Get their heads over it.

4. What does Herger tell Ibn when Ibn says he is afraid?
(a) Life is long enough.
(b) Stop thinking about the future.
(c) Today is a good day to die.
(d) Yesterday is gone.

5. How many wendol guard the entrance to the mother's home?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the differences between Ibn's observations of the Vikings and the general European view of them at that time?

2. What knocks a bear head off of one of the wendol?

3. What do the warriors do when they reach Rothgar's hall before embarking from the ship?

4. Where does the wendol's mother live?

5. What does the stone statue of a pregnant woman mean to the wendols?

(see the answer key)

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