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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Melkorka provide with resources to travel?
(a) Kjartan.
(b) Vigdis.
(c) Olaf.
(d) Gudrun.

2. When the inheritor of Hrapp's land drowns, who comes into possession of the land?
(a) Freya Breidafjord.
(b) Gudrun Hjardarholt.
(c) Harald Trygvasson.
(d) Thorkel Fringe.

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

4. Since Hoskuld is growing old, to whom do the people turn their attention to?
(a) Kjartan his brother.
(b) Olaf his son.
(c) Freya his mistress.
(d) Jorunn his wife.

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

6. Who rises to prominence in Chapters 21-30?
(a) Olaf.
(b) Harald.
(c) Hoskuld.
(d) Kjartan.

7. As Olaf gains prominence, who declines in stature by the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Jorunn.
(b) Kjartan.
(c) Gudrun.
(d) Hoskuld.

8. How many predictions does Gest make?
(a) 14.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

9. Whose inheritance does Hoskuld's half-brother lay claim to?
(a) Thorgerd's.
(b) Freya's.
(c) Kjartan's.
(d) Gudrun's.

10. Who does Olaf offer to raise?
(a) Hoskuld's daughter.
(b) Thorleik's daughter.
(c) Osvifur's nephew.
(d) Thorleik's son.

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

12. Who does Melkorka eventually marry?
(a) Hoskuld the Stubbonr.
(b) Breida the Valiant.
(c) Vigdis the Liar.
(d) Thorbjorn the Feeble.

13. Who does the Norwegian that Olaf brings back to Iceland fall in love with?
(a) Gudrun.
(b) Kjartan.
(c) Thorleik.
(d) Thurid.

14. Who is the king of Ireland?
(a) King Egil.
(b) King Osvifur.
(c) King Myrkjartan.
(d) King Olaf.

15. Where does the chieftain Ketil Flat-Nose initially want to live?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Faroe Islands.
(d) Malmo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Osvifur purchase an estate?

2. As the new chieftains submit to the king, what region do some chieftains prefer to migrate instead of relinquishing power?

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

4. How much of Hoskuld's estate does Olaf receive?

5. When Gudrun meets Gest, how many dreams does she say that she needs help interpreting?

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