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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through China.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bothered Battuta in a bathhouse?
(a) There was a whore.
(b) The windows didn’t quite face West.
(c) The men were naked.
(d) The music was too loud.

2. What surprised Dunn about Battuta contacting Teghon Temur?
(a) He had been fired.
(b) He had no gifts to bring.
(c) It had been years since he set out.
(d) He was sick.

3. Who told Battuta about his future?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) A priest.
(c) A mystic.
(d) A street dancer.

4. Why did ToghonTemur like to open relationships with the Muslims?
(a) To increase trade routes.
(b) To hide his real ambitions.
(c) To educate himself.
(d) To spread his empire.

5. How did Battuta describe China?
(a) Crowded.
(b) Strange.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Distasteful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country is now where Anatolia used to be?

2. What impressed Battuta most about the feat he attended in Anatolia?

3. How did Battuta feel about Alexandria Port?

4. What was the Maristan?

5. What was wrong with the Arabic guide hired by Battuta?

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