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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 do the settlers end up trading to the natives?
(a) Milk.
(b) Metal knives.
(c) Axes.
(d) Woven blankets.

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

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

4. Why do the men wish to stop at this land?
(a) For wood and water.
(b) They are afraid of getting further lost.
(c) The land is rich and beautiful.
(d) They think it is Greenland.

5. Who gives the prophecy about Gudrid?
(a) Thorstein's corpse.
(b) Thorstein the Black.
(c) A goddess in Gudrid's dream.
(d) The native seer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Leif and his crew decide to do regarding their discovery of this land?

2. Where do Karlsefni and Gudrid settle for the remainder of their lives?

3. Who is Thorvald?

4. Who decides to further explore Vinland?

5. What is different about the trip Karlsefni makes to Vinland from the previous ones?

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