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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that this Edda still brings sorrow upon which people?
(a) Fairies.
(b) Gods.
(c) Elves.
(d) ZHsir.

2. What might Hogni receive as a reward for betraying Sigurd?
(a) Gold.
(b) Fafnir's heart.
(c) Byrhild.
(d) Gudrun.

3. Who does Gudrun summon?
(a) Tyr.
(b) Thora.
(c) Herkia.
(d) Saxi.

4. Freyia is interested in discussing which topic?
(a) Battles.
(b) Weather.
(c) Lineage.
(d) Spells.

5. Gudrun is, at first, unable to do which of the following after Sigurd dies?
(a) Cry.
(b) Sing.
(c) Walk.
(d) Fight.

6. Who is Oddrun?
(a) Thiodrek's daughter.
(b) Gudrun's sister.
(c) Atli's sister.
(d) Gunnar's wife.

7. Which is not one of Gudrun's sons?
(a) Hamdir.
(b) Sorli.
(c) Iormunrekk.
(d) Erp.

8. What was the name of the wrinkled baby?
(a) Baby.
(b) Thrall.
(c) Slave-girl.
(d) Kin.

9. Who is not part of the meeting to discuss the dreams?
(a) ZHsir.
(b) Asynior.
(c) Baldr.
(d) Odin.

10. Who is anxious over a potential battle?
(a) Iormunrekk.
(b) Hamdir.
(c) Erp.
(d) Gudrun.

11. Who is the ancestor to all Seeresses?
(a) Gandolf.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) Vidolf.
(d) Loki.

12. What is Gudrun's mother's name?
(a) Valkyrie.
(b) Frigg.
(c) Brynhild.
(d) Grimhild.

13. Who asks Hogni about betraying Sigurd?
(a) Fafnir.
(b) Sigurd.
(c) Brynhild.
(d) Gunnar.

14. How long did Gudrun stay at Half's Hall?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 7.5 years.
(d) 3.5 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many winters has the girl been kept from her father?

2. On who does Brynhild place blame for greed?

3. Who had been taking care of the girl?

4. Kin talks to which kind of animal in the forest?

5. Who develops a plan to kill Sigurd?

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