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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thorbjorn announce his departure to Greenland?
(a) He doesn't. He just leaves.
(b) At a feast he throws for all his friends.
(c) At a town meeting.
(d) By having his good friends spread the word.

2. What is Karlsefni's mother's first impression of Gudrid?
(a) That Karlsefni had married beneath him.
(b) That she is an angel.
(c) The Gudrid's beauty would make Karlsefni miserable.
(d) That Gudrid is too spoiled.

3. What do the traders offer Eirik the Red when they arrive at Brattahlid?
(a) That he could have anything he wanted from their cargos.
(b) A share in their business.
(c) To introduce him to the king of Norway.
(d) Their cargo for his home.

4. How does Thorvald know they have found rich country just before he dies?
(a) He sees the glittering streak of gold in the rocks.
(b) He notices the black color of the earth.
(c) There is plenty of fat around his entrails.
(d) Unipeds only defend rich land.

5. Which of the following best characterizes Gudrid's father?
(a) The owner of a large farm.
(b) A chieftan.
(c) All of the above.
(d) A former slave.

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

7. Who gives Gudrid the prophecy about her future?
(a) Her dead husband.
(b) A prophetess in a dream.
(c) The overseer.
(d) The corpse of Sigrid.

8. In Eirik's saga, how does Leif encounter Vinland?
(a) Thorgunna tells him where it is.
(b) He is chased by pirates, and finds it while fleeing from them.
(c) He is blown off course when he returns from Norway.
(d) He follows an ancient trade route.

9. Who is Thorgunna?
(a) A wealthy widow who gives Leif a ship.
(b) The woman Leif falls in love with and the mother of his son.
(c) Eirik the Red's sister.
(d) The queen of Norway.

10. What washes up on the shore over the winter when they are hungry?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Six sea lions.
(c) An abandoned ship.
(d) A whale.

11. Why does Karlsefni decide to go to Vinland?
(a) To escape Eirik's wrath about his marriage to Gudrid.
(b) Gudrid wants to see Vinland.
(c) Because of all the discussions about Vinland at Brattahlid.
(d) He feels it is his obligation to the king of Norway.

12. What happens on the trip to Greenland?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) Disease.
(d) The death of Orm and his wife.

13. What does Gudrid do after Thorbjorn Vifilsson dies?
(a) Travel to Norway.
(b) Go on a pilgrimage.
(c) Stay a Brattahlid with Eirik the Red.
(d) Return to Iceland.

14. What does the glittering thing turn out to be?
(a) Metal armor.
(b) A streak of gold.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A uniped.

15. Why is Thorbjorg invited to the feast at Herjolfsness.
(a) Because she is very popular.
(b) To arrange matches.
(c) To bless the food.
(d) To determine when the famine would end.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Thorbjorn's reaction when he hears of the potential match for Gudrid?

2. What does Karlsefni offer Eirik to cheer him up?

3. What first attracts Einar to Gudrid?

4. What do Karlsefni and his men find when they stop for a fortnight when they sail south?

5. How old was Karlsefni's son when they left Vinland?

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