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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. How many men and ships return to Vinland with Thorvald?
(a) Sixty men in eight ships.
(b) Thirty men in three ships.
(c) Thirty men in one ship.
(d) Nine men in one ship.

2. What does Thorvald decide they should do when spring arrives?
(a) Sail west along the coast to explore.
(b) Divide the group into exploration parties to head out in every direction.
(c) Return to Greenland to bring more people.
(d) Build another ship for cargo.

3. What does Freydis tell people in Greenland happened to the brothers?
(a) They angered the Gods.
(b) They went exploring on their own.
(c) They stayed on in Vinland.
(d) They died of disease.

4. How many ships and men travel with Karlsefni to Greenland?
(a) Twenty heavily laden ships.
(b) One ship with a bare skeleton crew.
(c) One ship loaded with almost one hundred men.
(d) Two ships with about forty men on each.

5. According to the prophecy, where will Gudrid go on pilgrimage?
(a) Norway.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Thorvald's grave.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What men come with Aud to Iceland?

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

4. What do Thorvald and his men see further up the fjord?

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

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