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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapters 3 - 4, Gudrid Goes to Greenland, Gudrid is Told Her Future.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Leif Eiriksson described?
(a) Strong, impulsive, and violent.
(b) Loyal, impulsive, and tempermental.
(c) Intelligent, ambitious, and proud.
(d) Strong, shrewd, and moderate.

2. What first attracts Einar to Gudrid?
(a) Her height.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her intelligence.
(d) Her humor.

3. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?
(a) Dense forest with much lumber.
(b) Low hills covered in grass.
(c) Icy, rocky, and worthless.
(d) Mountainous, steep, and forbidding.

4. Who travels with Thorbjorn to Greenland?
(a) Einar.
(b) Three entire ships of people.
(c) No one but Gudrid and his slaves.
(d) About thrity friends.

5. Where do the men bury Thorvald?
(a) In Greenland.
(b) At the houses that Leif built.
(c) Krossaness, the place he thought suitable for a home.
(d) At sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious affiliation does Aud practice?

2. What nickname is Leif given upon his return to Greenland?

3. How is Tyrkir described?

4. How many men and ships return to Vinland with Thorvald?

5. What do the settlers end up trading to the natives?

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