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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Karlsefni's son when they left Vinland?
(a) Three.
(b) Newborn.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

2. What is Karlsefni's mother's first impression of Gudrid?
(a) That Karlsefni had married beneath him.
(b) That she is an angel.
(c) The Gudrid's beauty would make Karlsefni miserable.
(d) That Gudrid is too spoiled.

3. How does Bjarni choose who gets to go in the life boat?
(a) By size.
(b) By age.
(c) By rank.
(d) By lottery.

4. What does Thorkel prepare for Thorbjorg before her arrival?
(a) A service.
(b) A high seat with a cushion.
(c) An informal social greeting time.
(d) A feast.

5. How does Thorvald know they have found rich country just before he dies?
(a) There is plenty of fat around his entrails.
(b) He sees the glittering streak of gold in the rocks.
(c) He notices the black color of the earth.
(d) Unipeds only defend rich land.

6. What do Haki and Hekja come back with?
(a) Arrowheads and pottery.
(b) A skin of fresh water.
(c) Reports of a great bay.
(d) Grapes and wild wheat.

7. What do Karlsefni and his men first see on the opposite side of a clearing?
(a) Smoke.
(b) An unidentifiable shape.
(c) Something glittering.
(d) A fog.

8. Who goes on the next exploration of Vinland in Eirik's saga?
(a) Thorstein Eiriksson and Eirik the Red.
(b) Thorgunna and Thorstein Eiriksson.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Thorstein and Leif.

9. What does the king of Norway ask Leif to do upon his return to Greenland?
(a) Claim Vinland for Norway.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Spread Christianity.
(d) Act as his embassador to Greenland.

10. What does Eirik offer the traders in return for their generosity?
(a) Land near his home in Greenland.
(b) His sons as fellow voyagers.
(c) To stay the winter at Brattahlid.
(d) Gudrid's hand in marriage.

11. 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.

12. Who were Haki and Hekja?
(a) Two Scots given to Leif by the king of Norway.
(b) Two sailors who were also good runners.
(c) Icelandic friends of Karlsefni's.
(d) Boys who had been raised at Brattahlid.

13. What does the uniped do when it sees Karlsefni and the men?
(a) Comes bounding towards them.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Dresses itself in armor.
(d) Dives into the water.

14. Where do Karlsefni and his men spend the next winter?
(a) In houses they build near the lake.
(b) In the houses Leif built.
(c) On the ship.
(d) At an abandoned native settlement.

15. What does Thorgunna send to Leif in Greenland?
(a) A cross.
(b) His son.
(c) A fortune in cloth.
(d) Three ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gudrid not want to help Thorbjorg?

2. What happens when Karlsefni and his men meet the natives?

3. What does Gudrid do after Thorbjorn Vifilsson dies?

4. Why is Thorbjorg invited to the feast at Herjolfsness.

5. Who is Thorgunna?

(see the answer keys)

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