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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the settlers end up trading to the natives?
(a) Axes.
(b) Milk.
(c) Woven blankets.
(d) Metal knives.

3. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?
(a) Low hills covered in grass.
(b) Dense forest with much lumber.
(c) Icy, rocky, and worthless.
(d) Mountainous, steep, and forbidding.

4. What men come with Aud to Iceland?
(a) A sect of sorcerers from the British Isles.
(b) Fellow practicians of her craft.
(c) Her husband and sons.
(d) Captive slaves from the British Isles.

5. What does Bjarni do when he hears Herjolf has moved to Greenland?
(a) Assumes his rank and position in Iceland.
(b) Prepares a mass emigration to follow.
(c) Takes men to bring him back to Iceland.
(d) Immediately sets off there in his ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thorvald decide they should do when spring arrives?

2. Which of the following best describes the sentiment between Freydis and the brothers in Vinland?

3. What is Eirik sentenced with by the Thorsness Assembly?

4. What does Leif Eiriksson do with the news of the land sighted to the west?

5. What was the land like that Thorvald and his men see to the west?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strategy do Leif and his men employ to explore the area around them on this new shore?

2. Where do Karlsefni and Gudrid travel? What becomes of them?

3. Describe the interactions the settlers have with the natives.

4. Who is Thorir and what happens to him?

5. What does the saga of Gudrid's Ancestry tell us about Aud's faith and what she does to practice it?

6. Explain what happened to Aud's husband and son.

7. Describe the events surrounding Thorstein's death.

8. Describe the woman that Gudrid sees and the discourse between them.

9. Why is Bjarni away when his father emigrates to Greenland?

10. What does Eirik do when he reaches Greenland? How long?

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