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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocked Battuta most about the government in the Maldives?
(a) It was not a theocracy.
(b) It had very few laws.
(c) It was democratic.
(d) It was led by a woman.

2. What kinds of invaders were threatening India at the time of this book?
(a) Mongols.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Islamic.

3. What did Battuta lose when the ships sunk in Calicut?
(a) His friends.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Some servants.
(d) The royal gifts.

4. Where did Tughluq’s empire begin to crumble?
(a) The West.
(b) The East.
(c) The South.
(d) The North.

5. How many khanates were there at the time of this book?
(a)
(b) 8.
(c)
(d) 4.

6. Who defends Battuta from his rihla?
(a) Scholars.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Muslim leaders.
(d) All of the above.

7. How did the Rihla come to be?
(a) It was Muslim tradition.
(b) It was something Battuta always wanted.
(c) It was commissioned.
(d) It was found.

8. Who did Abu Inan take his power from?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His uncle.

9. What made Rihlas popular?
(a) It was a tradition of the time.
(b) The people were finally literary.
(c) Not many people travelled.
(d) Schools loved such records.

10. Why does Dunn say it was good Battuta didn’t go to Delhi?
(a) He would not have been given a job.
(b) A war was starting.
(c) He would have been arrested.
(d) The empire was crumbling.

11. How many wagons were in the train to New Saray?
(a) 150.
(b) 100.
(c) 250.
(d) 200.

12. Where was Abu l-Hasan in power?
(a) Egypt.
(b) India.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Morocco.

13. Where was Battuta when he learned one of his sons died?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Damascus.

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

15. What was the first city Battuta visited in Mali?
(a) Wakara.
(b) Walata.
(c) Wamira.
(d) Watika.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sunk the ships in Calicut?

2. Why did Battuta want to visit Mali?

3. What was special to Battuta about Adam’s Peak?

4. What is a Rihla?

5. Who was turned against Battuta in the Maldives?

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