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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapter 5 - 6, Leif Discovers Vinland, Thorstein Eiriksson Dies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Thorstein and much of his crew die?
(a) In a skirmish with the natives of Vinland.
(b) In a shipwreck.
(c) Disease.
(d) Thirst while they are lost at sea.

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

3. What happens when Eirik requests his possessions back from Thorgest?
(a) Eirik went to get them when they were not returned.
(b) A fight broke out.
(c) Two of Thorgest's sons and several other men were killed.
(d) All of the above.

4. What trouble is there with with Sigrid's corpse?
(a) It keeps trying to get into bed with Thorstein Eriksson.
(b) It smelled terrible in the small house.
(c) It kept telling false prophecies.
(d) It was too large.

5. What arrangement does Karlsefni make with Leif regarding the houses in Vinland?
(a) Karlsefni buys the houses from Leif.
(b) Leif gives him the houses on the condition that the settlement is named after him.
(c) Leif is willing to lend Karlsefni the houses, but not give them.
(d) Karlsefni can use them until Leif arrives again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What takes Thorstein Eriksson and Gudrid to Lysufjord?

2. Who goes on the next exploration of Vinland in Eirik's saga?

3. How is Tyrkir described?

4. Who does Bjarni travel to see "some time later" after sighting the land to the west?

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

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