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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who decides to further explore Vinland?
(a) Leif.
(b) Eirik.
(c) Thorir.
(d) Thorvald.

2. Who gives the prophecy about Gudrid?
(a) Thorstein's corpse.
(b) The native seer.
(c) A goddess in Gudrid's dream.
(d) Thorstein the Black.

3. What does Thorvald use to mark the spot he named Kjalarness?
(a) The old keel of the boat.
(b) A peak towering overhead.
(c) None of the above.
(d) A huge rock pointing upwards.

4. What is the result of the trouble the slaves started?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Eirik is banished from Haukedale.
(c) The neighbors kill Eirik's slaves.
(d) Eirik kills some men.

5. Why does Thorstein wish to return to Vinland?
(a) To acquire a stock of lumber.
(b) To make more wine from the grapes.
(c) To fetch Thorvald's body.
(d) None of the above.

6. What do Leif and his crew decide to do regarding their discovery of this land?
(a) Leave part of the crew to explore while the other part returns to Greenland to report.
(b) Build houses, spend the winter, and explore.
(c) Take samples of the resources and return to Greenland.
(d) Name it after Earl Eirik.

7. What arrangement does Freydis have with the brothers Helgi and Finnbogi?
(a) They will command the ships of her expedition.
(b) To travel together to Vinland and share equally in the profits.
(c) She hires them to transport her goods.
(d) They will take her along on their travels if she can pay.

8. What happens to Tyrkir?
(a) He gets into a fight with Leif and leaves by himself.
(b) He gets lost.
(c) He hears strange sounds and follows them.
(d) He gets separated from the other men.

9. Where do Karlsefni and Gudrid settle for the remainder of their lives?
(a) In Iceland.
(b) In Greenland.
(c) Back on Vinland.
(d) In Norway.

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

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

12. Where do Thorstein and his men first land on their trip?
(a) The houses that Leif built.
(b) Lysufjord on Greenland.
(c) The island Markland.
(d) At Thorvald's grave.

13. What religious affiliation does Aud practice?
(a) Pagan.
(b) Sorcery.
(c) She refused to practice.
(d) Christian.

14. Who does Bjarni travel to see "some time later" after sighting the land to the west?
(a) Earl Eirik in Norway.
(b) Freydis, Eirik's daughter.
(c) The Thorsness Assembly.
(d) Eirik the Red.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the Bjarni to lose his bearings at sea?

2. What do Leif and his men find on the return trip to Greenland?

3. Who is Freydis?

4. Where does Eirik go after the fight with Thorgest?

5. Why does Eirik name the land he discovered "Greenland"?

(see the answer keys)

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