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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. How is Tyrkir described?
(a) Small, easily frightened, and learned.
(b) Puny, shifty eyed, and clever with his hands.
(c) Sickly, clever, and traitorous.
(d) Large, strong, and oafish.

2. Which of the following best describes Bjarni?
(a) A man of wealth and reputation.
(b) All of the above.
(c) A merchant.
(d) The son of Herjolf Bardarson

3. How do Thorstein and his men spend the summer?
(a) Preparing to leave Greenland.
(b) Searching the coast for Thorvald.
(c) Lost at sea.
(d) Cutting wood and grapes.

4. Who is Leif?
(a) A messanger from the king.
(b) The son of Eirik the Red.
(c) The brother of Eirik the Red.
(d) The founder of the colony on Iceland.

5. What size crew does Leif Eiriksson take with him?
(a) Just himself and two close friends.
(b) Four ships, abundantly manned.
(c) Thirty five men.
(d) A barely sufficient skeleton crew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the men wish to stop at this land?

2. What does Eirik do when he finds Greenland?

3. What does Herjolf take with him when he emigrates to Greenland?

4. Who does Bjarni travel to see "some time later" after sighting the land to the west?

5. What was the land like that Thorvald and his men see to the west?

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