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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of Bjorn the Easterner's two children?
(a) Gest and Bolli.
(b) Osvifur and Gudrun.
(c) Aud and Thord.
(d) Helga and Hrut.

2. Who is Thorkel Eyjolfsson the fourth husband of?
(a) Gudrun.
(b) Freya.
(c) Olaf.
(d) Kjartan.

3. What is an outlaw in Iceland?
(a) A bounty hunter.
(b) A deerhunter.
(c) A warrior and fighter.
(d) A person who breaks the rule of the land.

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

5. What is the name of Ketil Flat-Nose's daughter?
(a) Kjartan.
(b) Umma.
(c) Gudrun.
(d) Unn.

6. Who goes to Norway?
(a) Kjartan and Bolli.
(b) Helga and Hrut.
(c) Thorvald and Gudrun.
(d) Kotkel and Bolli.

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

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

9. Where is the estate of Olaf built upon?
(a) Fallow lands of Scotland.
(b) Reyjkavik.
(c) Laxdaela.
(d) Hrappstead.

10. Who wants Hoskuld to return to Ireland?
(a) Melkorka.
(b) Gudrun.
(c) Freya.
(d) Jorunn.

11. Who lives alone at Hjadarholt after his father abandons him?
(a) Gudrun.
(b) Bolli.
(c) Kjartan.
(d) Thorleik.

12. Who is Gudrun's second husband?
(a) Thorvald Halldorsson.
(b) Thord Ingunnarson.
(c) Bolli the Peacock.
(d) Gest Oddleifsson.

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

14. What is the vision about Bolli that Gest has?
(a) Bolli will leave Iceland and become king of Norway.
(b) Bolli will become a priest in Scotland.
(c) Bolli will not only kill Kjartan but die because of this murder.
(d) Bolli will marry Gudrun and kill his own father.

15. Who is the irritable woman that Gudrun's second husband is married to simultaneously and then divorces?
(a) Thorleik.
(b) Aud.
(c) Gora.
(d) Kotkel.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Olaf gains prominence, who declines in stature by the end of Chapter 10?

2. What are the factors by which the land along the west coast is divided among the family in Chapters 1-10?

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

4. Who does Gest meet when Olaf invites him to Hjardarholt ?

5. Who rises to prominence in Chapters 21-30?

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