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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapters 9 - 11, Thorhall Breaks Away, Karlsefni Goes South, The Skrælings Attack.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Leif and his crew decide to do regarding their discovery of this land?
(a) Build houses, spend the winter, and explore.
(b) Take samples of the resources and return to Greenland.
(c) Name it after Earl Eirik.
(d) Leave part of the crew to explore while the other part returns to Greenland to report.

2. How many ships and men travel with Karlsefni to Greenland?
(a) One ship loaded with almost one hundred men.
(b) Two ships with about forty men on each.
(c) Twenty heavily laden ships.
(d) One ship with a bare skeleton crew.

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

4. Who is Thorfinn Karlsfni?
(a) An embassador from the king of Norway.
(b) The son of the Icelandic king.
(c) A sea going merchant of distinction from Iceland.
(d) A Norwegian merchant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the general division of people between the two ships that travel with Karlsefni to Vinland?

2. What happens to Tyrkir?

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

4. When do Karlsefni and his men see the natives again?

5. How does Bjarni spend the rest of his days?

(see the answer key)

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