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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Grænlendinga Saga, Chapters 3 - 4, Leif Explores Vinland, Leif Returns to Greenland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tyrkir find?
(a) Vines and grapes.
(b) Another boat anchored on upshore.
(c) A human settlement.
(d) A gold vein.

2. Who is Freydis?
(a) The arrogant daughter of Eirik the Red.
(b) The first victim of the plague.
(c) The wife of Herjolf.
(d) A seer and a witch.

3. Why does Bjarni worry about the trip to Greenland?
(a) Because it was the wrong season.
(b) Because he did not trust Eirik the Red.
(c) Because the sea was full of pirates.
(d) Because none of the men had ever sailed there before.

4. How does Bjarni spend the rest of his days?
(a) Sick in bed with the plague.
(b) Farming with his father in Greenland.
(c) As a pauper.
(d) Sailing the seas looking for that land.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Leif and his crew decide to do regarding their discovery of this land?

2. What size crew does Leif Eiriksson take with him?

3. What do Leif and his men find on the return trip to Greenland?

4. What is Eirik sentenced with by the Thorsness Assembly?

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

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