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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapters 7 - 8, Karlsefni in Greenland, Karlsefni Goes to Vinland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the expedition see as they approach Vinland?
(a) A ghost ship.
(b) A pod of strange whales.
(c) Several islands of varying landscapes.
(d) Settlements far to the north.

2. What does Leif find on his way home from Vinland?
(a) A dead whale floating at sea.
(b) Shipwrecked seamen.
(c) An abandoned ship at sea.
(d) A new bay on Greenland.

3. Who was Thorhall?
(a) A close friend of Eirik's.
(b) A swarthy huntsman.
(c) A cantankerous and unpopular trouble-maker.
(d) All of the above.

4. What men come with Aud to Iceland?
(a) A sect of sorcerers from the British Isles.
(b) Fellow practicians of her craft.
(c) Her husband and sons.
(d) Captive slaves from the British Isles.

5. After her time in Orkney, where does Aud go?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Norway.
(d) Greenland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Karlsefni and Gudrid settle for the remainder of their lives?

2. Why does Bjarni worry about the trip to Greenland?

3. What was the general division of people between the two ships that travel with Karlsefni to Vinland?

4. What does Gudrid do after Thorbjorn Vifilsson dies?

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

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