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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religious affiliation does Aud practice?
(a) Sorcery.
(b) She refused to practice.
(c) Christian.
(d) Pagan.

2. What does Aud do to the men that she brings to Iceland?
(a) Execute them.
(b) Gave them land.
(c) Send them to explore abroad.
(d) Keep them the remainder of their lives as servants.

3. What happens between Thorgest and Eirik when Eirik returns to Iceland?
(a) Thorgest and Eirik battle again.
(b) A reconciliation is reached.
(c) Eirik is deated.
(d) All of the above.

4. What do Leif and his crew do when their ship becomes grounded at low tide near the shore of a new land?
(a) Impatiently run ashore to explore.
(b) Observe the land from a distance until high tide returned.
(c) Remove supplies and abandon the boat.
(d) Dig a trench to float the boat.

5. What do Leif and his men notice about the days on this new land compared to Greenland or Iceland?
(a) They reached higher temperatures.
(b) The skies were clearer.
(c) They were louder with sounds of wildlife.
(d) They are of more even length.

6. What do the lumps on the beach Thorvald sees turn out to be?
(a) Dead men.
(b) Piles of sand hiding an ambush.
(c) Upside down skin boats with men under them.
(d) Ruins.

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

8. Why do the men wish to stop at this land?
(a) They think it is Greenland.
(b) They are afraid of getting further lost.
(c) The land is rich and beautiful.
(d) For wood and water.

9. Where does Eirik propose to go when he leaves Iceland?
(a) To explore land sighted to the west.
(b) He is set to sea with no guide or plan.
(c) Back to Norway.
(d) To take revenge.

10. 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 can command ship like a man.
(d) She earned the title of explorer.

11. What was the land like that Thorvald and his men see to the west?
(a) Uninhabited.
(b) All of the above.
(c) White sandy beaches and many islands.
(d) Attractive and forested.

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

13. How does Bjarni spend the rest of his days?
(a) Sailing the seas looking for that land.
(b) Sick in bed with the plague.
(c) As a pauper.
(d) Farming with his father in Greenland.

14. What does Aud Do in Orkney after she hears of the death of Thorstein the Red?
(a) Raises her grandchildren.
(b) Gives away his daughter, Groa, in marriage.
(c) Seeks vengence for her husband's death.
(d) All of the above.

15. How is Tyrkir described?
(a) Puny, shifty eyed, and clever with his hands.
(b) Sickly, clever, and traitorous.
(c) Small, easily frightened, and learned.
(d) Large, strong, and oafish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Eirik sentenced with by the Thorsness Assembly?

2. Who tries to join Leif Eiriksson in his journey but was injured at the last moment?

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

4. What does Thorvald decide they should do when spring arrives?

5. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?

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