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

2. What do Karlsefni and his natives do with the natives the second time they get visited?
(a) Karlsefni and his men give them gifts.
(b) The natives show them how to plant corn.
(c) Trade.
(d) Karlsefni and his men show them their weapons.

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

4. Why does Eirik get depressed as Christmas draws near when he has guests staying at Brattahlid?
(a) He is reminded of his banishment from Iceland.
(b) He only has supplies to provide a meager Christmas for his guests.
(c) He misses his son Thorstein.
(d) Marital problems.

5. What does the expedition see as they approach Vinland?
(a) Settlements far to the north.
(b) A ghost ship.
(c) A pod of strange whales.
(d) Several islands of varying landscapes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Thorgunna?

2. Who was Thorhall?

3. What first attracts Einar to Gudrid?

4. How were the men split between Karlsefni and Thorhall?

5. What is Karlsefni's mother's first impression of Gudrid?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Karlsefni's mother feel about Gudrid when she meets her and how does that change over time?

2. What is the relationship between Thorbjorn and Orm? How does it change with events?

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

4. How do Leif's parents, Eirik the Red and Thjodhild, take to Christianity?

5. Explain what happens during Thorstein and Eirik's trip to Vinland, and what they do for the crew at the end of it.

6. Explain Sigrid's vision, including where she was when she had it and the three individuals in her vision she identifies.

7. How does Freydis drive away the natives giving chase?

8. What happens with the whale? Why do people refuse to eat it?

9. Describe who Thorbjorg is and what her behavior is like when she arrives at Herjolfsness.

10. 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?

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