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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leif Eiriksson do with the news of the land sighted to the west?
(a) He starts building his own boat, despite prostestations.
(b) He and a crew still his father's ship and leave to explore.
(c) He is made a retainer at Earl Eiriks courst and ordered to explore.
(d) He visits Bjarni and buys his ship.

2. Where do the brothers stay when they arrive in Vinland?
(a) All cramped inside the smallest of Leif's houses.
(b) In Leif's houses.
(c) On their ship.
(d) In a house they build farther inland.

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

4. What happens when Eirik requests his possessions back from Thorgest?
(a) Eirik went to get them when they were not returned.
(b) A fight broke out.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Two of Thorgest's sons and several other men were killed.

5. What do Leif and his crew decide to do regarding their discovery of this land?
(a) Take samples of the resources and return to Greenland.
(b) Name it after Earl Eirik.
(c) Leave part of the crew to explore while the other part returns to Greenland to report.
(d) Build houses, spend the winter, and explore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What arrangement does Freydis have with the brothers Helgi and Finnbogi?

2. What is different about the trip Karlsefni makes to Vinland from the previous ones?

3. What does Aud do to the men that she brings to Iceland?

4. What does Freydis ask of one of the brothers?

5. What do Eirik's slaves do that caused problems?

Short Essay Questions

1. What circumstances caused Eirik the Red to leave Iceland?

2. What do we know about the emigration from Iceland to Greenland?

3. Describe the interactions the settlers have with the natives.

4. What kind of person is Freydis? Give examples.

5. Explain the entire affair of Eirik and the bench-boards.

6. Who is Thorir and what happens to him?

7. Why is Bjarni away when his father emigrates to Greenland?

8. What happens between the natives and Thorvald and his crew? Describe the encounter.

9. Describe how Eirik the Red felt about the possibility of joining Leif's exploration crew and why he did not.

10. Describe the woman that Gudrid sees and the discourse between them.

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