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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapter 5 - 6, Leif Discovers Vinland, Thorstein Eiriksson Dies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leif find in Vinland?
(a) Gold, sheep, and wild game.
(b) Wild wheat, vines, and maples.
(c) Towns and ports.
(d) Gold and lumber.

2. What causes a fight between Eirik and Thorgest?
(a) Bench-boards.
(b) They both felt they should be clan leader.
(c) Eirik proposes to Thorgest's sister.
(d) Thorgest's wife.

3. What men come with Aud to Iceland?
(a) A sect of sorcerers from the British Isles.
(b) Captive slaves from the British Isles.
(c) Her husband and sons.
(d) Fellow practicians of her craft.

4. Who does Bjarni travel to see "some time later" after sighting the land to the west?
(a) Earl Eirik in Norway.
(b) Freydis, Eirik's daughter.
(c) Eirik the Red.
(d) The Thorsness Assembly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the land like that Thorvald and his men see to the west?

2. In what way does Freydis first break her word?

3. How is Tyrkir described?

4. What does Herjolf take with him when he emigrates to Greenland?

5. What nickname is Leif given upon his return to Greenland?

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