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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who grows restless to increase his power and fame?
(a) Bolli.
(b) Thorvald.
(c) Kjartan.
(d) Kotkel.

5. Who is Thord Goddi a neighbor to?
(a) Vigdis Ingjald.
(b) Hoskuld Dala-Kollsson.
(c) Killer-Hrapp.
(d) Jorunn Peacock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes to Norway?

2. Who is the king of Norway that is involved in a tense and political dispute with chieftains from Iceland?

3. When Hoskuld travels to Norway, what does he procure to build himself a fine estate?

4. Who is Thorkel Eyjolfsson the fourth husband of?

5. Who wants Hoskuld to return to Ireland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem King Harald faces with chieftains?

2. Describe Gudrun and Kjartan's relationship and its effect on their families initially.

3. How does Olaf's reputation grow?

4. What does Hoskuld do that initially upsets his wife?

5. What crime does Thord Gorddi commit and how does he act when he is pursued?

6. Describe Geirmund.

7. Describe the period in Scandinavian history at the time the Laxdaela Saga was written.

8. What is different about Olaf the Peacock?

9. When Kjartan leaves for Norway, what is the political climate there?

10. What happens in the aftermath of the murder of Kotkel and his clan?

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