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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapters 12 - 14, Thorvald Eiriksson Dies, Bjarni Grimolfsson's Death, Karlsefni's Descendants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Thorvald and Eirik do because "of some killings" in Jaederen?
(a) Move to Iceland.
(b) Join a large and powerful clan.
(c) Make weapons.
(d) Seek the protection of the king.

2. What was the general division of people between the two ships that travel with Karlsefni to Vinland?
(a) Karlsefni's seamen were split evenly between the two ships to increase the chances of both arriving safely.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Karlsefni and his crew of Icelanders on one, Greenlanders on the other.
(d) Pagans on one and Christians on the other.

3. What does Gudrid see that no one else sees?
(a) A chestnut haired woman in a close fitting tunic.
(b) A vision into the future.
(c) More natives gathering in the distance.
(d) The ghost of her husband Thorstein.

4. Where does Thorhall end up?
(a) Enslaved in Ireland.
(b) He fled to the interior and was never seen again.
(c) He stayed at the native settlement they had seen from a distance.
(d) Perished at sea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Thorhall announce he wants to go as he hoists the sail to part company with Karlsefni?

2. How many people could fit in the small boat they had?

3. What do Karsefni and his crew learn about the natives?

4. What does Thorgunna send to Leif in Greenland?

5. What do Karlsefni and his men see from their ship that make them think they have traveled as far from Straumfjord this way as they had the other way?

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