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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Ibn acquired most of his knowledge?
(a) By traveling.
(b) Out of books.
(c) From his mother.
(d) From listening to bardic tales.

2. How does Ibn list the rivers he has crossed?
(a) From the widest to the most narrow.
(b) The order in which they are crossed.
(c) From the longest to the shortest.
(d) In alphabetic order.

3. Who choses Ibn to fulfill the letter's request?
(a) No one, Ibn volunteers.
(b) The President of the University.
(c) The Count of Syri.
(d) The Caliph.

4. What does Ibn ask when Herger points out the city in question #67 to him?
(a) To attack the city for gold.
(b) To not leave him there with the heathens.
(c) To be put ashore.
(d) To stop for a few days.

5. What does the interpreter say to Ibn's comment?
(a) He agrees that all men are afraid of something.
(b) He does not explain the Northmen.
(c) He explains it has to do with their gods.
(d) He says that it always kills someone.

6. What does the herald report during the feast?
(a) Wulfgar is there.
(b) Another party has arrived.
(c) They are almost out of ale.
(d) The mists will not come that night.

7. Where is Ibn sent on his journey?
(a) To the Egyptians.
(b) To Alexandria.
(c) To Rome.
(d) To the Bulgars.

8. Who foretells the mists will come the night after the feast?
(a) The Herald.
(b) The Dwarf Seer.
(c) The King.
(d) The Angel of Death.

9. What does Herger say is customary behavior for Vikings before a sea voyage?
(a) Praying in Odin's temple.
(b) Drinking and sport with women.
(c) Visiting family and friends.
(d) Sleeping as much as possible.

10. What type of houses do merchants of the Northmen use?
(a) Tents.
(b) Large wooden houses.
(c) Houses with stone exteriors.
(d) They build their merchant house in the trees.

11. What does Buliwyf find in his destroyed village?
(a) His dead wife.
(b) A stone image of the mother.
(c) His sword.
(d) His horse.

12. Who is Wulfgar's father?
(a) Rothgar.
(b) Thorkel.
(c) Wyglif.
(d) Buliwyf.

13. What is the usual distance between each river crossing?
(a) Two to four days.
(b) A week.
(c) One day.
(d) Two weeks.

14. What does Buliwyf think about waiting to be announced?
(a) It is an honor.
(b) He doesn't express an opinion.
(c) It is inhospitable.
(d) It is a vain gesture on Rothgar's part.

15. What is the essence of the people from question #25 culture?
(a) Industrial.
(b) Nomadic.
(c) Agrarian.
(d) Warlike.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long are the Northmen on the river for the first leg of Ibn's journey?

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

3. What sits on top of the earth wall encircling Trelburg?

4. What does Ibn notice the Northmen fear?

5. What does Buliwyf do with a small stone carving they find in the farmhouse?

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