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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Grænlendinga Saga, Chapters 5 - 6, Thorvald Explores Vinland, Thorstein Eiriksson Dies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is Iceland like when Eirik the Red arrives there?
(a) Already well settled.
(b) Undiscovered.
(c) A shipping port.
(d) Occupied by enemies.

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

4. Who is Thorvald?
(a) The king.
(b) The discoverer of Greenland.
(c) The brother of Eirik the Red.
(d) The father of Eirik the Red.

5. What does Thorvald use to mark the spot he named Kjalarness?
(a) A peak towering overhead.
(b) The old keel of the boat.
(c) A huge rock pointing upwards.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?

2. What do Leif and his crew do when their ship becomes grounded at low tide near the shore of a new land?

3. Who decides to further explore Vinland?

4. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?

5. Where do the men bury Thorvald?

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