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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people could fit in the small boat they had?

2. What does Gudrid do for Thorbjorg?

3. Why does Eirik get depressed as Christmas draws near when he has guests staying at Brattahlid?

4. What kills many people while Thorstein and Gudrid are in Lysufjord?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What interaction do Gudrid and Thorbjorg have together?

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

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

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

7. Describe the first two encounters that Karlsefni and his men have with the natives.

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

9. What are the first impressions that Karlsefni and Eirik the Red make on each other? How do they do this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Newfoundland is quite possibly the site of the Viking Vinland. Write an essay about Newfoundland.

Part 1. Where is Newfoundland? What are the land and geography like?

Part 2. Who lived in Newfoundland during the time of the Vikings? What were they like?

Part 3. How does the information about Newfoundland mesh with the accounts from the Vinland sagas? Give examples to support your statement.

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 on the runic alphabets.

Part 1. When were the runic alphabets used?

Part 2. What different runic alphabets are there? How do they differ from each other?

Part 3. What runic alphabet did the Vikings use? Give particulars of this alphabet.

Part 4. Give an example of how to translate something into runes.

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