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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. What is Iceland like when Eirik the Red arrives there?
(a) Occupied by enemies.
(b) Undiscovered.
(c) A shipping port.
(d) Already well settled.

2. 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) Mountainous, steep, and forbidding.
(d) Icy, rocky, and worthless.

3. What do Thorvald and his men see further up the fjord?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Settlements.
(c) Ruins of great cities.
(d) Planted crops.

4. Which of the following best characterizes the natural resources and weather on the land that Leif and his men explore?
(a) Abundant and mild.
(b) Sparse and changeable.
(c) Sufficient and tolerable.
(d) Few and cold.

5. What drives Thorvald and his men to shore the second summer?
(a) A fierce gale.
(b) The sighting of a human settlement.
(c) Hunger.
(d) The need for lumber.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Thorvald?

2. What is the land like that Bjarni sees first?

3. What does Thorvald use to mark the spot he named Kjalarness?

4. What does Bjarni do when he hears Herjolf has moved to Greenland?

5. What does Thorvald die of?

(see the answer key)

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