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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 13 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agnes remember after Natan is killed?
(a) An old necklace Natan gave her.
(b) The stone her mother gave her.
(c) The whale fat bought at Hindisvik.
(d) The whale fat bought with Agnes.

2. Why does the poet, Rosa, dislike Agnes, as outlined in the Opening Poem in Chapter 5?
(a) She says that Agnes stole from her and gossiped about it to others.
(b) She dislikes Agnes, because she believes Agnes stole Natan from her and then murdered him.
(c) She is jealous of Agnes' beauty.
(d) She thinks Agnes is a bad mother.

3. Why does Karitas, Blondal's housekeeper, stop Reverend Toti before he leaves in Chapter 7?
(a) She wants him to know that Natan was a liar to Agnes, and he cured Blondal's wife, so Blondal is biased.
(b) She says that Natan is a bad man and got what he deserved.
(c) She tells him that Agnes has always been a liar, and that she was jealous of Natan's relationship with Sigga.
(d) She asks him to bring a message to Agnes, because they were friends before, and this was unfair.

4. Whom does Blondal write a letter to about the execution axe?
(a) His Majesty.
(b) Reverend Toti.
(c) Natan Ketilsson.
(d) Deputy Governor of North-East Iceland.

5. What is Sigga carrying on her hip when she opens the door to Fridrik, as described in Chapter 12?
(a) A large basket.
(b) Natan's daughter, Thoranna.
(c) Natan's niece.
(d) Natan's daughter, Agnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes do when Fridrik harms Natan?

2. What does Fridrik do in order to marry Sigga?

3. How must the beheading be carried out?

4. In Chapter 10, what does Lauga hear about Agnes in relation to the execution?

5. After being sick for a long time, Reverend Toti wakes up in Chapter 11, and what does his father tell him?

(see the answer key)

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