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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. What is found in abundance on the island near Straumfjord?

2. What takes Thorstein Eriksson and Gudrid to Lysufjord?

3. What happens on the trip to Greenland?

4. 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?

5. How old was Karlsefni's son when they left Vinland?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do the two native boys describe the land that is across from their own land? Where might this be?

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 kind of place to Karlsefni and his men settle in for their stay in Vinland?

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

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

9. What future does Thorbjorg predict for Gudrid?

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eirik the Red is sentenced to outlawry by the Thorsness Assembly. Write an essay about the concept of outlawry.

Part 1. What does the legal sentence of outlawry mean?

Part 2. What places practiced the sentence of outlawry? When did they stop?

Part 3. What are the good and bad consequences of the practice of outlawry? Why do you think it is no longer practiced?

Essay Topic 2

There are many characters that make a brief appearance in the sagas that merit more attention, for example, Aud the Deep-Minded. Choose a minor character in the sagas and do some further research about them. If there is little information about the person you choose, then write about two different characters.

Part 1. What character or character did you choose to learn more about? Why?

Part 2. Describe the person or persons and what they did.

Part 3. Why is this significant or meaningful? What impact did they have?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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