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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. Which of the following best describes Bjarni?
(a) All of the above.
(b) The son of Herjolf Bardarson
(c) A merchant.
(d) A man of wealth and reputation.

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

3. Which of the following best characterizes Gudrid's father?
(a) A chieftan.
(b) All of the above.
(c) A former slave.
(d) The owner of a large farm.

4. What does Karlsefni offer Eirik to cheer him up?
(a) None of the above.
(b) To become like a son to him.
(c) To use want he wanted from their cargos for Christmas feast.
(d) To take him on his next journey.

5. Where do the brothers stay when they arrive in Vinland?
(a) In Leif's houses.
(b) All cramped inside the smallest of Leif's houses.
(c) In a house they build farther inland.
(d) On their ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freydis ask of one of the brothers?

2. What does Aud have erected at Kross Hills?

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

4. Where does Thorstein's ship next put in to land after it leaves Eiriksfjord?

5. What is the land like that Bjarni sees first?

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