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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapters 1 - 2, Gudrid's Ancestry, Eirik Explores Greenland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the men bury Thorvald?
(a) At sea.
(b) At the houses that Leif built.
(c) Krossaness, the place he thought suitable for a home.
(d) In Greenland.

2. What happens to the brothers and their men?
(a) Freydis has her husband Thorvard kill them.
(b) They fight amonst themselves and leave.
(c) They skraelings kill them.
(d) They die from a disease.

3. What do the settlers end up trading to the natives?
(a) Woven blankets.
(b) Metal knives.
(c) Axes.
(d) Milk.

4. According to the prophecy, where will Gudrid go on pilgrimage?
(a) Rome.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Norway.
(d) Thorvald's grave.

5. What is Aud's full title?
(a) Aud the White.
(b) Aud the Beautiful.
(c) Aud the Deep Minded.
(d) Aud the Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Tyrkir described?

2. What do Thorvald and Eirik do because "of some killings" in Jaederen?

3. What does Thorvald die of?

4. What happens between Thorgest and Eirik when Eirik returns to Iceland?

5. What reception does Karlsefni receive in Norway?

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