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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 is the land like that Bjarni sees first?
(a) Mountainous and icy.
(b) Wooded with low hills.
(c) Desolate and bare.
(d) Heavily populated.

2. What does Gudrid do for Thorbjorg?
(a) Sing.
(b) Encourage people to attend.
(c) Dance.
(d) Help set up her tools.

3. What kills many people while Thorstein and Gudrid are in Lysufjord?
(a) A terrible storm.
(b) Cold.
(c) A disease.
(d) Starvation.

4. What reception does Karlsefni receive in Norway?
(a) People were amazed he was still alive.
(b) Karlsefni and Gudrid were well received by the nobles in Norway.
(c) He had so much merchandise he was accused of being a pirate.
(d) All of the above.

5. Who is Karlsefni?
(a) Gudrid's brother.
(b) A traveler from Norway who marries Gudrid.
(c) Thorstein's cousin who comes to support Gudrid.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens between Thorgest and Eirik when Eirik returns to Iceland?

2. What do Thorvald and Eirik do because "of some killings" in Jaederen?

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

4. Why do the men wish to stop at this land?

5. Why do Eirik and Thorvald leave Norway?

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