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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Grænlendinga Saga, Chapters 5 - 6, Thorvald Explores Vinland, Thorstein Eiriksson Dies.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Tyrkir?
(a) He gets into a fight with Leif and leaves by himself.
(b) He gets separated from the other men.
(c) He gets lost.
(d) He hears strange sounds and follows them.

3. Why does Thorstein wish to return to Vinland?
(a) To make more wine from the grapes.
(b) To fetch Thorvald's body.
(c) To acquire a stock of lumber.
(d) None of the above.

4. What does Herjolf take with him when he emigrates to Greenland?
(a) Many boats of goods.
(b) A plague.
(c) A Christian.
(d) Weapons.

5. Where do the men bury Thorvald?
(a) At the houses that Leif built.
(b) In Greenland.
(c) At sea.
(d) Krossaness, the place he thought suitable for a home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Thorstein and much of his crew die?

2. How many men and ships return to Vinland with Thorvald?

3. What do Thorvald and his men see further up the fjord?

4. Who does Bjarni travel to see "some time later" after sighting the land to the west?

5. What does Leif Eiriksson do with the news of the land sighted to the west?

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