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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapters 7 - 8, Karlsefni in Greenland, Karlsefni Goes to Vinland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many ships and men travel with Karlsefni to Greenland?
(a) One ship loaded with almost one hundred men.
(b) Two ships with about forty men on each.
(c) Twenty heavily laden ships.
(d) One ship with a bare skeleton crew.

2. Who are the parents of Thorstein the Red?
(a) Aud and Olaf the White.
(b) Eirik the Red and Thurid.
(c) The Invisible People.
(d) Thurid and Olaf the White.

3. Who initializes the marriage between Karlsefni and Gudrid?
(a) Gudrid.
(b) Karlsefni.
(c) Eirik the Red.
(d) None of the above.

4. What happens when Eirik requests his possessions back from Thorgest?
(a) Two of Thorgest's sons and several other men were killed.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Eirik went to get them when they were not returned.
(d) A fight broke out.

5. Who gives the prophecy about Gudrid?
(a) Thorstein the Black.
(b) Thorstein's corpse.
(c) The native seer.
(d) A goddess in Gudrid's dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Thorstein and his men first land on their trip?

2. Who were Haki and Hekja?

3. What happens between Thorgest and Eirik when Eirik returns to Iceland?

4. What religious affiliation does Aud practice?

5. After her time in Orkney, where does Aud go?

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