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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 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) Dig a trench to float the boat.
(d) Observe the land from a distance until high tide returned.

2. What causes a fight between Eirik and Thorgest?
(a) Thorgest's wife.
(b) Bench-boards.
(c) They both felt they should be clan leader.
(d) Eirik proposes to Thorgest's sister.

3. Why does Eirik name the land he discovered "Greenland"?
(a) Because the rocks and glaciers have a greenish tint.
(b) To attract people there.
(c) Because there was lush green grass around the coast.
(d) To give homage to the god of crops.

4. What causes the Bjarni to lose his bearings at sea?
(a) Shorthandedness.
(b) An inexperienced crew.
(c) Damaged instruments.
(d) Heavy fog and northerly winds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Eirik and Thorvald leave Norway?

2. Who is Leif?

3. How is Leif Eiriksson described?

4. Why does Bjarni worry about the trip to Greenland?

5. Where does Eirik propose to go when he leaves Iceland?

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