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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 do Leif and his crew do when their ship becomes grounded at low tide near the shore of a new land?
(a) Remove supplies and abandon the boat.
(b) Impatiently run ashore to explore.
(c) Observe the land from a distance until high tide returned.
(d) Dig a trench to float the boat.

2. What does Thorvald use to mark the spot he named Kjalarness?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The old keel of the boat.
(c) A huge rock pointing upwards.
(d) A peak towering overhead.

3. Where do Thorvald and his men moor the boat and wander on shore?
(a) A beautiful, heavily wooded area.
(b) All of the above.
(c) On a promontory between two fjords.
(d) A beautiful place Thorvald said he would like to make his home.

4. According to the prophecy, where will Gudrid go on pilgrimage?
(a) Thorvald's grave.
(b) Norway.
(c) Mecca.
(d) Rome.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes a fight between Eirik and Thorgest?

2. Who tries to join Leif Eiriksson in his journey but was injured at the last moment?

3. Leif names the second land that he and his crew land on after a natural resource on it. What resource is this?

4. What is Iceland like when Eirik the Red arrives there?

5. Where do the men bury Thorvald?

(see the answer key)

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