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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Grænlendinga Saga, Chapters 3 - 4, Leif Explores Vinland, Leif Returns to Greenland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Leif and his men notice about the days on this new land compared to Greenland or Iceland?
(a) They reached higher temperatures.
(b) They are of more even length.
(c) The skies were clearer.
(d) They were louder with sounds of wildlife.

2. What do Leif and his men find on the return trip to Greenland?
(a) A group of people stranded on a reef.
(b) A strong current that makes the trip fast and easy.
(c) An abandoned ship they manage to take home as well.
(d) Another large and bountiful island.

3. Why do the men wish to stop at this land?
(a) They are afraid of getting further lost.
(b) The land is rich and beautiful.
(c) For wood and water.
(d) They think it is Greenland.

4. How does Bjarni spend the rest of his days?
(a) As a pauper.
(b) Sick in bed with the plague.
(c) Farming with his father in Greenland.
(d) Sailing the seas looking for that land.

5. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?
(a) On his way back, not far from the houses.
(b) Asleep after gorging on grapes.
(c) In a lush undiscovered valley.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes a fight between Eirik and Thorgest?

2. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?

3. Where does Eirik propose to go when he leaves Iceland?

4. What size crew does Leif Eiriksson take with him?

5. Who does Bjarni travel to see "some time later" after sighting the land to the west?

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