View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gudrid do after Thorbjorn Vifilsson dies?

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

3. What do Karlsefni and his men see from their ship that make them think they have traveled as far from Straumfjord this way as they had the other way?

4. Who is Thorfinn Karlsfni?

5. What takes Thorstein Eriksson and Gudrid to Lysufjord?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Thorbjorn's trip to Greenland. Include who he is with and what happens.

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

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

4. How and why does Einar pursue Gudrid in marriage?

5. 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?

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

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

8. What interaction do Gudrid and Thorbjorg have together?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gudrid (Gudridur Thorbjarnardottir) is possibly one of the best documented and traveled women of her era. Do further outside research and write an essay about Gudrid.

Part 1. Who was Gudrid? Who were her family?

Part 2. What kind of person was Gudrid? How did this affect her life?

Part 3. Where did Gudrid travel during her life? How and why did she travel so extensively?

Part 4. What other major events happened during Gudrid's life and how did she handle them?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the Hebrides and the role of the Vikings in their history.

Part 1. Where are the Hebrides? What is their geology like? Give an introduction to the Hebrides.

Part 2. Why might have the Hebrides been so aptly suited to Viking settlements? Explain the safety and accessibility of the Hebrides.

Part 3. When did Vikings first arrive on the Hebrides? How long did they stay? Give examples and cite particulars.

Part 4. What evidence remains, archeological and otherwise, of the Viking occupation of the Hebrides?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about many popular misconceptions about Vikings.

Part 1. What is the popular image of a Viking?

Part 2. What parts of the popular image of a Viking are wrong?

Part 3. Provide explanations or evidence that suggests that these popular misconceptions are not historical.

Part 4. What might historical Vikings have been like instead?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,249 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample