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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about Unn compared to other women of her time?
(a) She is tall, willowy and beautiful.
(b) She is strong, powerful and unyielding.
(c) She is fierce, stout and evil.
(d) She has only one eye and a patch.

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

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

4. What role can Hoskuld rightfully take in Ireland?
(a) King.
(b) Chieftain.
(c) Provost.
(d) Priest.

5. What is the name of the estate and dynasty that starts with Thorgend's marriage?
(a) Freyadale.
(b) Laexdala.
(c) Laxriverdale.
(d) Thorkedala.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hoskuld's brother who immigrates to Iceland?

2. When the inheritor of Hrapp's land drowns, who comes into possession of the land?

3. Who is Olaf the Peacock the father of?

4. What is an outlaw in Iceland?

5. What kind of personality does Bard Hoskuldsson have?

(see the answer key)

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