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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. Who travels with Thorbjorn to Greenland?
(a) No one but Gudrid and his slaves.
(b) Einar.
(c) Three entire ships of people.
(d) About thrity friends.

2. Who are the parents of Thorstein the Red?
(a) Aud and Olaf the White.
(b) The Invisible People.
(c) Eirik the Red and Thurid.
(d) Thurid and Olaf the White.

3. What is the nature of the Christmas feast Eirik the Red served Karlsefni and company?
(a) Identical to what he served for his son's wedding.
(b) Stately and respectful.
(c) Meager.
(d) Lavish and beyond what most people had seen before.

4. Where does Eirik go after the fight with Thorgest?
(a) To Dublin to appeal to his relatives for help.
(b) To Norway.
(c) To look for land sighted to the west.
(d) None of these.

5. Who is Thorvald?
(a) The brother of Eirik the Red.
(b) The discoverer of Greenland.
(c) The father of Eirik the Red.
(d) The king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thorbjorg tell Gudrid?

2. What arrangement does Freydis have with the brothers Helgi and Finnbogi?

3. Who is Karlsefni?

4. Who initializes the marriage between Karlsefni and Gudrid?

5. How does Bjarni spend the rest of his days?

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