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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 is Leif Eiriksson described?
(a) Strong, shrewd, and moderate.
(b) Intelligent, ambitious, and proud.
(c) Loyal, impulsive, and tempermental.
(d) Strong, impulsive, and violent.

2. What does Thorbjorg tell Gudrid?
(a) Her paths all lead to Iceland.
(b) She will make a distinguished marriage that will not last long.
(c) She will start and great and eminent family line.
(d) All of the above.

3. What does Aud do to the men that she brings to Iceland?
(a) Gave them land.
(b) Execute them.
(c) Keep them the remainder of their lives as servants.
(d) Send them to explore abroad.

4. What do Leif and his men find on the return trip to Greenland?
(a) A strong current that makes the trip fast and easy.
(b) An abandoned ship they manage to take home as well.
(c) A group of people stranded on a reef.
(d) Another large and bountiful island.

5. What was the land like that Thorvald and his men see to the west?
(a) White sandy beaches and many islands.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Attractive and forested.
(d) Uninhabited.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?

2. Which of the following most accurately describes the descendants of Karlsefni and Gudrid?

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

4. What does Leif Eiriksson do with the news of the land sighted to the west?

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

(see the answer key)

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