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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 men notice about the days on this new land compared to Greenland or Iceland?
(a) The skies were clearer.
(b) They are of more even length.
(c) They reached higher temperatures.
(d) They were louder with sounds of wildlife.

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

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

4. 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.

5. What is Iceland like when Eirik the Red arrives there?
(a) Occupied by enemies.
(b) Already well settled.
(c) Undiscovered.
(d) A shipping port.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Bjarni?

2. How is Tyrkir described?

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

4. What causes the Bjarni to lose his bearings at sea?

5. What is the land like that Bjarni sees first?

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