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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Grænlendinga Saga, Chapters 7 - 9, Karlsefni in Vinland, Freydis in Vinland, Karlsefni's Descendants.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tries to join Leif Eiriksson in his journey but was injured at the last moment?
(a) His wife.
(b) His father.
(c) Bjarni.
(d) A Christian missionary.

3. How many men and ships return to Vinland with Thorvald?
(a) Thirty men in one ship.
(b) Sixty men in eight ships.
(c) Nine men in one ship.
(d) Thirty men in three ships.

4. What does Thorvald use to mark the spot he named Kjalarness?
(a) A huge rock pointing upwards.
(b) None of the above.
(c) A peak towering overhead.
(d) The old keel of the boat.

5. What arrangement does Karlsefni make with Leif regarding the houses in Vinland?
(a) Leif is willing to lend Karlsefni the houses, but not give them.
(b) Leif gives him the houses on the condition that the settlement is named after him.
(c) Karlsefni buys the houses from Leif.
(d) Karlsefni can use them until Leif arrives again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Thorstein wish to return to Vinland?

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

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

4. What does Freydis tell people in Greenland happened to the brothers?

5. How is Leif Eiriksson described?

(see the answer key)

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