The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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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. Leif names the second land that he and his crew land on after a natural resource on it. What resource is this?
(a) A fresh water spring.
(b) The woods.
(c) Gold.
(d) Wide grasslands.

2. Where do the men bury Thorvald?
(a) At the houses that Leif built.
(b) In Greenland.
(c) Krossaness, the place he thought suitable for a home.
(d) At sea.

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

4. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?
(a) In a lush undiscovered valley.
(b) None of the above.
(c) On his way back, not far from the houses.
(d) Asleep after gorging on grapes.

5. What does Herjolf take with him when he emigrates to Greenland?
(a) Weapons.
(b) A plague.
(c) A Christian.
(d) Many boats of goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname is Leif given upon his return to Greenland?

2. What do Thorvald and his men do with the natives they encounter?

3. Who is Leif?

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

5. What was the land like that Thorvald and his men see to the west?

(see the answer key)

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