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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Olaf's own son?
(a) Snorri.
(b) Bolli.
(c) Gudrun.
(d) Kjartan.

2. What kind of personality does Bard Hoskuldsson have?
(a) Vociferous and demanding.
(b) Critical and demeaning.
(c) Rough and nasty.
(d) Kind and caring.

3. Prior to Christianity, what was the 9th century period known as a time of?
(a) Agnosticism.
(b) Pagan heroism.
(c) Ritualistic nature worship.
(d) Satan worship.

4. When Hrapp of Hrappstead dies, who does his estate go to?
(a) Thorstein Black the Wise.
(b) Freya and Gudrun.
(c) Kjartan Boll.
(d) Hoskuld.

5. After Thorleik fights with his uncle Hrut, where does he move from?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Norway.

6. Who does Gest see lying in proximity to Bolli in his vision as well?
(a) Bolli.
(b) Osvifur.
(c) Helga.
(d) Kjartan.

7. Who is Olaf's half-brother who is cruel like his mother Jorunn?
(a) Thorleik.
(b) Killer-Hrapp.
(c) Hrut.
(d) Bard.

8. What is the item that Bolli receives?
(a) A sword.
(b) An amulet.
(c) A precious book.
(d) A magic mirror.

9. What horrific dream does Olaf have about his son?
(a) That he will die one day covered in his own blood.
(b) That he will butchered by Valkryies.
(c) That he will be poisoned by his mother.
(d) That he will drown in the Atlantic Ocean.

10. What are the two men growing up in Olaf's household known for?
(a) Bootlegging and thievery.
(b) Artistic work and cooking.
(c) Good looks and poetic speech.
(d) Courage and strength.

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

12. Who is the king of Norway that is involved in a tense and political dispute with chieftains from Iceland?
(a) King Mykerwalt.
(b) Olaf Tryggvason.
(c) Bolli Hjardarholt.
(d) Osvifur Bache-wiig.

13. Who is the Norwegian that Olaf brings back with him from a trip in search of timber?
(a) Egil.
(b) Geirmund.
(c) Groa.
(d) Osvifur.

14. Who casts a spell on Thord?
(a) Kotkel and his family.
(b) Thorleik and her sons.
(c) Hrut and his minions.
(d) Bolli and his warriors.

15. When Goddi acts like a coward, who is left to defeat Ingjald's people?
(a) Kjartan.
(b) Vigdis.
(c) Olaf.
(d) Hoskuld.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Olaf the Peacock buys the land, what does he rename it?

2. What is the name of the estate and dynasty that starts with Thorgend's marriage?

3. Who goes to Norway?

4. What is different about Unn compared to other women of her time?

5. What is the vision about Bolli that Gest has?

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