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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which country does regular trade with Greenland in 1000?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Finland.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Norway.
2. When does Merewyn become an official lady-in-waiting to Queen Elgifu?
(a) The year 1002.
(b) The year 999.
(c) The year 1005.
(d) The year 1000.
3. Why are Sigurd, Merewyn, and Orm disappointed when round the cape?
(a) They had lost so many on the voyage.
(b) They see grassland, but no trees are in sight.
(c) They miss their home in Iceland.
(d) They see nothing but ice.
4. Where does Ketil die?
(a) In battle with Sigurd.
(b) In his bed, asleep.
(c) At sea.
(d) On his ship, where he is happiest.
5. What does Merewyn want Sigurd to do while at the Althing?
(a) Release her from her promise.
(b) Get baptized.
(c) Stay sober.
(d) Become a member of the group.
6. What does Merewyn tell the Abbot she wants?
(a) Charity.
(b) Information.
(c) Food.
(d) Lodging for the night.
7. How long does it take the ships to get to the land Erik speaks of?
(a) Only four or five days sailing.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 6 months.
8. What does the Abbess suggest Merewyn to do once her pilgrimage is over?
(a) Go to Uther.
(b) Become a nun.
(c) Go back to Court.
(d) Marry Rumon and have children.
9. Who is Orm?
(a) Merewyn's guard.
(b) Merewyn's husband.
(c) Merewyn's captor.
(d) Merewyn's son.
10. Three days after speaking with the Abbot of Glastonbury, where do Merewyn and her children arrive?
(a) At Romsey Abbey in Hampshire.
(b) At Court.
(c) At Rumon's doorstep.
(d) At the place where Tre-Uther used to be.
11. Who is Thorbjorg?
(a) A seeress from Brattalid.
(b) Ketil's new young wife.
(c) Leif Erikson's wife.
(d) Orm's girlfriend.
12. What does the Abbot suggest to Merewyn regarding her question?
(a) She go elsewhere for the information.
(b) She leave the Abbey at once.
(c) She talk to Brother Finian who lives in one of the cells halfway up the Tor.
(d) She doesn't deserve to know where Rumon is.
13. Where does Merewyn take her aunt's heart after her aunt dies?
(a) To Uther.
(b) To the crypt in the Abbey.
(c) To the King.
(d) To the grave of King Arthur.
14. How does Merewyn feel toward Elgifu?
(a) She loves her like a sister.
(b) She hates her.
(c) She resents her.
(d) She feels pitty but she never really warms to the Queen.
15. What does King Ethelred do while the Vikings attack England?
(a) He wallows in self pity and drunkenness.
(b) He fights back.
(c) He hides.
(d) He has magnificent feasts.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Merewyn want for Orm in England?
2. What commands does Leif present to the people when he arrives at the feast?
3. Who's commands does Leif present to the people when he arrives at the feast?
4. What does Sigurd make Orm promise before Sigurd dies?
5. How does Orm accept the proper protocol when he meets the Abbot of Glastonbury?
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