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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. What was the land like that Thorvald and his men see to the west?
(a) White sandy beaches and many islands.
(b) Attractive and forested.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Uninhabited.

2. What causes a fight between Eirik and Thorgest?
(a) They both felt they should be clan leader.
(b) Bench-boards.
(c) Eirik proposes to Thorgest's sister.
(d) Thorgest's wife.

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

4. What size crew does Leif Eiriksson take with him?
(a) Four ships, abundantly manned.
(b) Just himself and two close friends.
(c) Thirty five men.
(d) A barely sufficient skeleton crew.

5. What does Herjolf take with him when he emigrates to Greenland?
(a) Weapons.
(b) A plague.
(c) A Christian.
(d) Many boats of goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eirik lend to Thorgest?

2. Where do Karlsefni and Gudrid settle for the remainder of their lives?

3. What do the lumps on the beach Thorvald sees turn out to be?

4. What do Thorvald and his men do with the natives they encounter?

5. What happens after the fight with Thorgest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Eirik know to look for Greenland? What did he do when he found it?

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

3. Explain the entire affair of Eirik and the bench-boards.

4. Explain who Aud brings to Iceland with her, who they were, and what happened once they arrived in Iceland.

5. Explain why Eirik chose the name Greenland.

6. What happens to Thorstein and his crew when they set sail for Vinland? Where do they end up spending the winter?

7. Describe how Eirik the Red felt about the possibility of joining Leif's exploration crew and why he did not.

8. Describe the circumstances of Bjarni's discovery of new lands to the west.

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

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

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