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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Second Lay of Gudrun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which item is requested by Loki when he arrives at Hymir's Hall?
(a) Mead.
(b) Water.
(c) A bed.
(d) Food.

2. What mark is branded onto the woman?
(a) Three runes.
(b) Odin's cross.
(c) Fenrir's mark.
(d) Poseidon's trident.

3. Who lost a hand to Fenrir?
(a) Tyr.
(b) Bragi.
(c) Eldir.
(d) Loki.

4. What happens to the giantess at the end of the poem?
(a) She sleeps.
(b) She sinks.
(c) She allows Brynhild to pass.
(d) She dies.

5. Which of the Lappish king's sons is captured?
(a) Egil.
(b) Slagfid.
(c) Volund.
(d) Hlodver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the chieftains gather after the murder of Hunding?

2. Where should men go thoroughly washed?

3. What happens to the first speaker at the end of the poem?

4. Who did Brynhild accidentally kill?

5. What is the name of the Valkyrie who appears before Helgi?

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