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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. What does Freydis tell people in Greenland happened to the brothers?
(a) They angered the Gods.
(b) They stayed on in Vinland.
(c) They died of disease.
(d) They went exploring on their own.

2. Why does Bjarni worry about the trip to Greenland?
(a) Because the sea was full of pirates.
(b) Because none of the men had ever sailed there before.
(c) Because he did not trust Eirik the Red.
(d) Because it was the wrong season.

3. In what way does Freydis first break her word?
(a) In the number of men she takes on the trip.
(b) By directing them to take her places they do not expect.
(c) In what she pays the brothers.
(d) In her promises to share everything equally.

4. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?
(a) On his way back, not far from the houses.
(b) Asleep after gorging on grapes.
(c) None of the above.
(d) In a lush undiscovered valley.

5. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?
(a) Icy, rocky, and worthless.
(b) Dense forest with much lumber.
(c) Low hills covered in grass.
(d) Mountainous, steep, and forbidding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives the prophecy about Gudrid?

2. What does Thorvald use to mark the spot he named Kjalarness?

3. How is Leif Eiriksson described?

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

5. What is Eirik sentenced with by the Thorsness Assembly?

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