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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Hoskuld's brother who immigrates to Iceland?
(a) Kjartan Boll.
(b) Olaf the Peacock.
(c) Vigdis Dala-Kollsson.
(d) Hrut Herjolfsson.

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

4. Who is Olaf the Peacock the father of?
(a) Kjartan.
(b) Hrut.
(c) Leif.
(d) Gudrun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who acquires a noble lineage because of his parent's connection to Irish royalty?

2. Whose inheritance does Hoskuld's half-brother lay claim to?

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

4. Who is Olaf the son of?

5. Who is reluctant to part with the family estate and is willing to fight to the death for the land?

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