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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Mead of Poets" - "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the gods do to resolve their truce in "The Mead of Poets"?
(a) They created mead from their leaders' blood.
(b) They drip blood into a cauldron.
(c) They shook hands and wrote a contract.
(d) They spit in a vat.

2. What is referred to as the twilight of the gods and the end of it all in Norse mythology?
(a) Ginnungagap.
(b) Ragnarok.
(c) Niflheim.
(d) Hlidskjalf.

3. Who was Ymir's grandson who survived the flood of Ymir's blood?
(a) Ratatosk.
(b) Bestla.
(c) Frilla.
(d) Bergelmir.

4. Whose hand in marriage does the stranger ask for in exchange for building the wall in "The Master Builder"?
(a) Ullr's.
(b) Freya's.
(c) Heimdall's.
(d) Lofn's.

5. What color eyes is Loki described as having in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Thor's beard?

2. What name do Odin, Ve, and Vili give to the woman they create from the log?

3. Why is Thialfi taken as the servant to Thor and Loki in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?

4. Who wrote Myths of the Norsemen?

5. What does Hel name her knife when she is led to the lightless world?

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