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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Battuta go after leaving Mali?
(a) Timbuktu.
(b) Yemen.
(c) China.
(d) Damascus.

3. What desert borders Mali?
(a) The Mojave Desert.
(b) The Salt Desert.
(c) The Tunisian Desert.
(d) The Sahara Desert.

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

5. Where was Tophon Temur from?
(a) Sri Lanka.
(b) India.
(c) China.
(d) Syria.

6. What was the Muslim community in China like at the time of this book?
(a) Thriving.
(b) Present, but small.
(c) Slowly growing.
(d) Dwindling.

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

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

9. Why did Battuta take a harder route to get to al-Qiram?
(a) To visit family.
(b) To make another pilgrimage.
(c) To avoid danger.
(d) To take a new path.

10. What is a Rihla?
(a) A record.
(b) A mantle.
(c) A prayer.
(d) A poem.

11. Where does Dunn think the information about cultures came from?
(a) Other records.
(b) Memory.
(c) Battuta’s journal.
(d) Imagination.

12. Where did Abu Inan live?
(a) Tangier.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Fez.

13. 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.

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

15. Where does Dunn say Battuta headed without knowing when he left China?
(a) Back to his home.
(b) Back to Damascus.
(c) Back to Mecca.
(d) Back to India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened just before Battuta met Mansa Sulayman?

2. What was Battuta accused of when the Rihla was finished?

3. What kind of gifts did Battuta get in Mali?

4. What saved Battuta when the ships sunk in Calicut?

5. How did Battuta feel about Mansa Sulayman?

(see the answer keys)

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