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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. What was the land like that Thorvald and his men see to the west?
(a) White sandy beaches and many islands.
(b) Uninhabited.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Attractive and forested.
2. What happens after the fight with Thorgest?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Thorgest scours the country looking for Eirik.
(c) Eirik is sentenced to outlawry.
(d) Eirik hides and then flees the island.
3. In what way does Freydis first break her word?
(a) In what she pays the brothers.
(b) In the number of men she takes on the trip.
(c) By directing them to take her places they do not expect.
(d) In her promises to share everything equally.
4. What happens when Eirik requests his possessions back from Thorgest?
(a) Two of Thorgest's sons and several other men were killed.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Eirik went to get them when they were not returned.
(d) A fight broke out.
5. What is the general consensus about Freydis after her trip to Vinland?
(a) No one thinks anything but ill of her and her family.
(b) She is plagued by misfortune.
(c) She earned the title of explorer.
(d) She can command ship like a man.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Freydis?
2. What is Eirik sentenced with by the Thorsness Assembly?
3. What does Aud Do in Orkney after she hears of the death of Thorstein the Red?
4. How do Thorstein and much of his crew die?
5. What religious affiliation does Aud practice?
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