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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the beautiful battle-maidens who collect the souls of the noble dead in battle?
(a) Muninns.
(b) Yggdrasil.
(c) Ragnarok.
(d) Valkyries.

2. What is the name of Thor's belt of strength?
(a) Niflheim.
(b) Mjollnir.
(c) Megingjord.
(d) Ragnarok.

3. Who did Bor marry and have three sons with?
(a) Bergelmir.
(b) Bestla.
(c) Ratatosk.
(d) Frilla.

4. Who was Loki's father said to be?
(a) Lofn.
(b) Eir.
(c) Farbauti.
(d) Ratatosk.

5. What pulls Freya's chariot?
(a) Two goats.
(b) A stallion.
(c) Two cats.
(d) A golden boar.

6. What is the name of the void where the rivers of the mist flow in?
(a) Ymir.
(b) Ratatosk.
(c) Muspell.
(d) Ginnungagap.

7. What is the name of Odin's spear?
(a) Mjollnir.
(b) Gungnir.
(c) Megingjord.
(d) Draupnir.

8. Who defends the gods and goddesses against the stranger in "The Master Builder"?
(a) Frey.
(b) Odin.
(c) Freya.
(d) Thor.

9. What is referred to as the dark world to the north in "Before the Beginning, and After"?
(a) Hlidskjalf.
(b) Yggdrasil.
(c) Farbauti.
(d) Niflheim.

10. The narrator in "Freya's Unusual Wedding" says that there are two things Thor does when something has gone wrong. What is the first thing he does?
(a) Asks himself if it was Odin's fault.
(b) Asks himself if it was Loki's fault.
(c) Asks himself what he has done wrong.
(d) Ask himself how to escape the situation.

11. What is the name of Thor's hammer?
(a) Megingjord.
(b) Nidhogg.
(c) Niflheim.
(d) Mjollnir.

12. What were the chains called that were used to bind Loki's wolf-son?
(a) Dromi.
(b) Lofn.
(c) Ullr.
(d) Narfi.

13. Who was the only god that was not afraid of the wolf cub that was Loki's child?
(a) Narfi.
(b) Lofn.
(c) Tyr.
(d) Ullr.

14. What is the world-tree called in "The Players"?
(a) Ragnarok.
(b) Asgard.
(c) Niflheim.
(d) Yggdrasil.

15. What do the names of Odin's ravens translate to in English?
(a) Revenge and mercy.
(b) Love and magic.
(c) Wonder and gossip.
(d) Thought and memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ever-churning spring called that exists in the center of the dark world in "Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds"?

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

3. Who is described as the doctor of the Norse gods?

4. What is the name of the foal that followed Loki home from the woods in "The Master Builder"?

5. Who is Loki's mother?

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