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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. When Bolli wishes to kill the Olafsson brothers, what does Snorri argue is sufficient?
(a) Helgi's death.
(b) Gudrun's marriage.
(c) Thordis' sickness.
(d) Thorkel's absence.

2. How many men are at the estate that Thorgil seeks sanctuary?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. What does Gudrun say about her behavior to her husbands to Bolli?
(a) That she was faithful to each husband she had for however brief their marriage.
(b) That she grew more independent from each marriage.
(c) That she was the most terrible to the one she loved the most.
(d) That she did not love any of her four husbands.

4. Whose second prophesy has come half-true by the end of Chapter 50?
(a) Gest.
(b) Helgi.
(c) Kjartan.
(d) Bolli.

5. Who is furious that Gudrun is getting married?
(a) Helgi.
(b) Lambi.
(c) Thorgils.
(d) Snorri.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who aids Kjartan's brothers in seeking revenge?

2. Who has Snorri chosen for Gudrun to marry?

3. Who grows jealous when Kjartan gets married?

4. What will Gudrun give Thorgils in return for his actions?

5. What does the Norwegian princess give Kjartan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thorgend do to avenge Kjartan's death?

2. What is the final prophecy regarding Gudrun?

3. What does Olaf the Peacock do after Kjartan's death?

4. When Kjartan refuses a gift from Bolli, what ensues?

5. What happens to Gellir in the final chapters of the book?

6. What mysterious statement does Gudrun say about her love for her husbands and what does it mean?

7. How does Gudrun extricate herself from marrying Thorgils?

8. What happens to Bolli, Gudrun's son in the final chapters of the book?

9. What does Helgi do to Gudrun?

10. What does Gudrun do out of a desire for revenge and jealousy?

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