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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. Who is Thorgunna?
(a) A wealthy widow who gives Leif a ship.
(b) The queen of Norway.
(c) Eirik the Red's sister.
(d) The woman Leif falls in love with and the mother of his son.

2. Where does Thorhall announce he wants to go as he hoists the sail to part company with Karlsefni?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Into the wilderness and away from the Christians.
(c) Back to their countrymen at home.
(d) To claim the best land as his own.

3. How were the men split between Karlsefni and Thorhall?
(a) Only nine men wanted to go with Thorhall, the rest with Karlsefni.
(b) The Christians wanted to go with Karlsefni, the others withThorhall.
(c) None of the men wanted to go with Thorhall.
(d) Karlsefni split the men so half would go with each ship.

4. Where does Thorhall end up?
(a) He stayed at the native settlement they had seen from a distance.
(b) He fled to the interior and was never seen again.
(c) Perished at sea.
(d) Enslaved in Ireland.

5. What trouble is there with with Sigrid's corpse?
(a) It kept telling false prophecies.
(b) It smelled terrible in the small house.
(c) It keeps trying to get into bed with Thorstein Eriksson.
(d) It was too large.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes on the next exploration of Vinland in Eirik's saga?

2. Why does Leif deny Thorgunna what she asks of him?

3. Who is Thorfinn Karlsfni?

4. What do the traders offer Eirik the Red when they arrive at Brattahlid?

5. Who initializes the marriage between Karlsefni and Gudrid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to those that stay in Bjarni's ship and those that leave in the small boat?

2. What happens when a native finds an axe near one of the fallen Vikings?

3. How does a fight break out between Karlsefni's men and the natives? Describe the sequence of events leading up to Karlsefni and his men fleeing.

4. What future does Thorbjorg predict for Gudrid?

5. When food runs scarce, Thorhall disappears for three days. How and where do Karlsefni and Bjarni find him? What does he say he was doing?

6. What does the corpse of Thorstein Eriksson say about the dead? What do the people do after hearing it?

7. Explain the affair of the Christmas feast, and what secondary function the Christmas feast ended up serving.

8. What does Eirik the Red do upon departing for Vinland that he suspects causes him to fall off his horse? What does he do to resolve it?

9. Explain the interchange between Bjarni and the young Icelander. What are the circumstances and what is the result?

10. Describe Thorhall and explain why he is on the expedition to Vinland.

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