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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. Who decides to further explore Vinland?
(a) Eirik.
(b) Thorvald.
(c) Thorir.
(d) Leif.

2. What is different about the trip Karlsefni makes to Vinland from the previous ones?
(a) He intends to make a permanent settlement.
(b) He takes more men and five women who will all share profits.
(c) All of the above.
(d) He takes livestock.

3. Which of the following best describes the sentiment between Freydis and the brothers in Vinland?
(a) Distrust and fear.
(b) Business and formality.
(c) Friendship.
(d) General ill will.

4. Where do Karlsefni and Gudrid settle for the remainder of their lives?
(a) Back on Vinland.
(b) In Greenland.
(c) In Norway.
(d) In Iceland.

5. Who does Bjarni travel to see "some time later" after sighting the land to the west?
(a) Eirik the Red.
(b) Freydis, Eirik's daughter.
(c) Earl Eirik in Norway.
(d) The Thorsness Assembly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Thorstein and much of his crew die?

2. Who is Einar?

3. What do Leif and his men find on the return trip to Greenland?

4. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?

5. Where do the men bury Thorvald?

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