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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Grænlendinga Saga, Chapters 5 - 6, Thorvald Explores Vinland, Thorstein Eiriksson Dies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Thorstein wish to return to Vinland?
(a) None of the above.
(b) To fetch Thorvald's body.
(c) To acquire a stock of lumber.
(d) To make more wine from the grapes.

2. Who accompanies Thorstein and his men to Vinland?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Gudrid, Thorstein's wife.
(c) An embassador from Earl Eirik.
(d) A Christian missionary.

3. What is the land like that Bjarni sees first?
(a) Heavily populated.
(b) Mountainous and icy.
(c) Desolate and bare.
(d) Wooded with low hills.

4. Who tries to join Leif Eiriksson in his journey but was injured at the last moment?
(a) His wife.
(b) Bjarni.
(c) A Christian missionary.
(d) His father.

5. What happens to Tyrkir?
(a) He hears strange sounds and follows them.
(b) He gets lost.
(c) He gets separated from the other men.
(d) He gets into a fight with Leif and leaves by himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Freydis?

2. What does Eirik do when he finds Greenland?

3. Who gives the prophecy about Gudrid?

4. What do Thorvald and his men do with the natives they encounter?

5. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?

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