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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapters 1 - 2, Gudrid's Ancestry, Eirik Explores Greenland.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Eirik sentenced with by the Thorsness Assembly?
(a) Murder.
(b) Adultery.
(c) Outlawry.
(d) Five years of exploration service for the king.

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

4. Who decides to further explore Vinland?
(a) Eirik.
(b) Thorvald.
(c) Leif.
(d) Thorir.

5. What arrangement does Freydis have with the brothers Helgi and Finnbogi?
(a) She hires them to transport her goods.
(b) To travel together to Vinland and share equally in the profits.
(c) They will command the ships of her expedition.
(d) They will take her along on their travels if she can pay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Leif and his crew do when their ship becomes grounded at low tide near the shore of a new land?

2. What happens between Thorgest and Eirik when Eirik returns to Iceland?

3. How does Eirik find Greenland?

4. According to the prophecy, where will Gudrid go on pilgrimage?

5. What does Leif do when he hears rumors about what happened in Vinland.

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