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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Melkorka provide with resources to travel?
(a) Kjartan.
(b) Gudrun.
(c) Olaf.
(d) Vigdis.

2. Who is Hrapp of Hrappstead?
(a) The enemy of Hoskuld and Hrut.
(b) A neighbor of Hoskuld and Jorunn.
(c) The child of Leif and Freya.
(d) The son of Gudrun and Kjartan.

3. Why is Thorleik angry with Olaf?
(a) Since Olaf wins more friends than Thorleik.
(b) Since Olaf is better looking than Thorleik.
(c) Since Hoskuld liked Olaf more than Thorleik.
(d) Since Hoskuld diminishes Thorleik's fortune on Olaf's behalf.

4. Who grows restless to increase his power and fame?
(a) Thorvald.
(b) Bolli.
(c) Kotkel.
(d) Kjartan.

5. When Thord gets married, who is the criminal that he houses?
(a) Gudrun.
(b) Vigdis.
(c) Thorolf.
(d) Kjartan.

6. Who is Gudrun's first husband?
(a) Bolli the Peacock.
(b) Hjalmar Einarsson.
(c) Thorvald Halldorsson.
(d) Gest Oddleifsson.

7. Who acquires a noble lineage because of his parent's connection to Irish royalty?
(a) Freya.
(b) Thorgend.
(c) Olaf.
(d) Hoskuld.

8. When does Gudrun get a divorce from her first husband?
(a) After 2 months.
(b) After 4 years.
(c) After 6 months.
(d) After 2 years.

9. Who is Olaf the son of?
(a) Freya and Kjartan.
(b) Melkorka and Hoskuld.
(c) Jorunn and Hoskuld.
(d) Gudrun and Dalla.

10. What is the name of the grandson who receives the land Hvamm upon the death of the matriarch?
(a) Dala Hoskuld.
(b) Kjartan Boll.
(c) Olaf Feilan.
(d) Gudrun Hvamm.

11. Who is Jorunn?
(a) The son of a poor blacksmith.
(b) The daughter of a wealthy farmer.
(c) The daughter of a poor shepherd.
(d) The son of a wealthy industrialist.

12. What is the unsettled area of land that the matriarch and daughter of Ketil Flat-Nose stakes out and divides among her family?
(a) Ingelborg.
(b) Eindhaven.
(c) Breidafjord.
(d) Ireland.

13. Who is Thord Goddi a neighbor to?
(a) Jorunn Peacock.
(b) Killer-Hrapp.
(c) Hoskuld Dala-Kollsson.
(d) Vigdis Ingjald.

14. Who represent the lowest rungs of Icelandic society?
(a) Thorolf the outlaw and Melkorka the concubine.
(b) Gudrun the adulteress and Harald the thief.
(c) Kjartan the warrior and Freya the mistress.
(d) Jorunn the wife and Hoskuld the thief.

15. What is the name of Olaf's manor?
(a) Osvifur.
(b) Hjardarholt.
(c) Bollison.
(d) Helgason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the chieftain Ketil Flat-Nose initially want to live?

2. What does Gest prophesize about Gudrun?

3. Who does Jorunn marry?

4. Who does Gudrun meet after her second husband die?

5. What are the two men growing up in Olaf's household known for?

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