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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. Which of the following best describes the sentiment between Freydis and the brothers in Vinland?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Distrust and fear.
(c) Business and formality.
(d) General ill will.

2. What drives Thorvald and his men to shore the second summer?
(a) A fierce gale.
(b) Hunger.
(c) The need for lumber.
(d) The sighting of a human settlement.

3. What is the land like that Bjarni sees first?
(a) Desolate and bare.
(b) Heavily populated.
(c) Mountainous and icy.
(d) Wooded with low hills.

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

5. What religious affiliation does Aud practice?
(a) Pagan.
(b) Sorcery.
(c) Christian.
(d) She refused to practice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thorvald decide they should do when spring arrives?

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

3. Which of the following best characterizes the natural resources and weather on the land that Leif and his men explore?

4. Where do Thorstein and his men first land on their trip?

5. What does Aud do to the men that she brings to Iceland?

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