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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sigrid see in her vision?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Gardi trying to flog others with a whip.
(c) A line of corpses outside the house.
(d) The corpses of herself and Thorstein Eriksson.

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

3. What is the woman Thorbjorg by trade?
(a) Matchmaker.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Prophetess.
(d) Priestess.

4. Why is Thorbjorg invited to the feast at Herjolfsness.
(a) To arrange matches.
(b) To determine when the famine would end.
(c) To bless the food.
(d) Because she is very popular.

5. Who is Einar?
(a) The local cheiftan.
(b) A successful sea going trader.
(c) A very wealthy but mean man.
(d) Gudrid's foster father.

6. What do Karsefni and his crew learn about the natives?
(a) They had two kings, Avaldamon and Valdidida.
(b) All of the above.
(c) They lived in caves or holes in the ground.
(d) They knew of a land of Europeans.

7. When do Karlsefni and his men see the natives again?
(a) Not again for almost two years.
(b) Again and again over the Winter.
(c) In the Spring.
(d) When they find another native settlement.

8. How does Thorbjorn announce his departure to Greenland?
(a) At a feast he throws for all his friends.
(b) At a town meeting.
(c) He doesn't. He just leaves.
(d) By having his good friends spread the word.

9. What is found in abundance on the island near Straumfjord?
(a) Gold.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Salt.
(d) Eggs.

10. What was the general division of people between the two ships that travel with Karlsefni to Vinland?
(a) Karlsefni and his crew of Icelanders on one, Greenlanders on the other.
(b) Pagans on one and Christians on the other.
(c) Karlsefni's seamen were split evenly between the two ships to increase the chances of both arriving safely.
(d) None of the above.

11. What do Karlsefni and his men find when they stop for a fortnight when they sail south?
(a) Wild wheat and grapes.
(b) A lake they can sail to up a river.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Streams teeming with fish.

12. What dispute arises between Thorhall and Karlsefni?
(a) Thorhall claims Karlsefni is unjust and greedy.
(b) A religious dispute.
(c) Thorhall wanted to explore north, but Karlsefni thought they should sail south.
(d) None of the above.

13. How does Freydis get left behind?
(a) She wants to stay and fight the natives.
(b) She is pregnant and can't keep up when they flee.
(c) She claims the natives are friendly.
(d) She refuses to leave the safety of the ship.

14. What does Leif find on his way home from Vinland?
(a) A dead whale floating at sea.
(b) Shipwrecked seamen.
(c) An abandoned ship at sea.
(d) A new bay on Greenland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What takes Thorstein Eriksson and Gudrid to Lysufjord?

2. What first attracts Einar to Gudrid?

3. What does Thorkel prepare for Thorbjorg before her arrival?

4. How does Einar go about seeking the hand of Gudrid?

5. Which of the following best describes the clothes of the prophetess Thorbjorg?

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