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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Grænlendinga Saga, Chapters 5 - 6, Thorvald Explores Vinland, Thorstein Eiriksson Dies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leif Eiriksson do with the news of the land sighted to the west?
(a) He visits Bjarni and buys his ship.
(b) He starts building his own boat, despite prostestations.
(c) He and a crew still his father's ship and leave to explore.
(d) He is made a retainer at Earl Eiriks courst and ordered to explore.

2. What do Thorvald and his men do with the natives they encounter?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Trade.
(c) Fight.
(d) Attempt to communicate.

3. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?
(a) Icy, rocky, and worthless.
(b) Mountainous, steep, and forbidding.
(c) Dense forest with much lumber.
(d) Low hills covered in grass.

4. What is Eirik sentenced with by the Thorsness Assembly?
(a) Murder.
(b) Five years of exploration service for the king.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Outlawry.

5. What does Bjarni do when he hears Herjolf has moved to Greenland?
(a) Takes men to bring him back to Iceland.
(b) Assumes his rank and position in Iceland.
(c) Immediately sets off there in his ship.
(d) Prepares a mass emigration to follow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Eirik and Thorvald leave Norway?

2. How is Leif Eiriksson described?

3. Why do the men wish to stop at this land?

4. What does Eirik do when he finds Greenland?

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

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