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

2. How does Bjarni spend the rest of his days?
(a) Sick in bed with the plague.
(b) Farming with his father in Greenland.
(c) As a pauper.
(d) Sailing the seas looking for that land.

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

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

5. What does Freydis ask of one of the brothers?
(a) To supply her with extra food.
(b) To murder his brother.
(c) If he will trade ships so she can leave.
(d) To return to Greenland and bring Leif.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious affiliation does Aud practice?

2. Where does Eirik propose to go when he leaves Iceland?

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

4. Which of the following best describes the sentiment between Freydis and the brothers in Vinland?

5. After her time in Orkney, where does Aud go?

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