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

2. What is the land like that Bjarni sees first?
(a) Desolate and bare.
(b) Mountainous and icy.
(c) Wooded with low hills.
(d) Heavily populated.

3. What does Bjarni do when he hears Herjolf has moved to Greenland?
(a) Takes men to bring him back to Iceland.
(b) Assumes his rank and position in Iceland.
(c) Prepares a mass emigration to follow.
(d) Immediately sets off there in his ship.

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

5. How is Leif Eiriksson described?
(a) Strong, impulsive, and violent.
(b) Strong, shrewd, and moderate.
(c) Intelligent, ambitious, and proud.
(d) Loyal, impulsive, and tempermental.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Leif and his men notice about the days on this new land compared to Greenland or Iceland?

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

3. Who decides to further explore Vinland?

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

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

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