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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Author Neil Gaiman describes reading the adventures of the Mighty Thor as depicted by what American comics artist when he was a child?
(a) Roger Lancelyn Green.
(b) Mary Addams Thompson.
(c) Jack Kirby.
(d) James Wilder.

2. What does the stranger turn out to be in "The Master Builder"?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A mountain giant.
(c) A bridge troll.
(d) A witch.

3. What is the name of the squirrel that lives in the world-tree?
(a) Frilla.
(b) Bergelmir.
(c) Nidhogg.
(d) Ratatosk.

4. What is the name of Sif's son from before her marriage to Thor?
(a) Thrud.
(b) Ratatosk.
(c) Ullr.
(d) Laufey.

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

6. What is the name of the stranger's stallion in "The Master Builder"?
(a) Lofn.
(b) Heimdall.
(c) Svadilfari.
(d) Ullr.

7. What is the name of the second-eldest son born to Loki and Sigyn?
(a) Lofn.
(b) Vali.
(c) Narfi.
(d) Ullr.

8. From whom did Freya receive her necklace of light?
(a) Modi and Magni.
(b) The Nidhoggs.
(c) The Brisings.
(d) Frey and Freya.

9. Who is the Norse goddess of wisdom?
(a) Frilla.
(b) Niflheim.
(c) Vor.
(d) Bergelmir.

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 what he has done wrong.
(b) Asks himself if it was Odin's fault.
(c) Asks himself if it was Loki's fault.
(d) Ask himself how to escape the situation.

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

12. Who is described as the god of war in "The Master Builder"?
(a) Ullr.
(b) Svadilfari.
(c) Tyr.
(d) Lofn.

13. What land to the south is described as the world of fire in the beginning of time in "Before the Beginning, and After"?
(a) Yggdrasil.
(b) Ginnungagap.
(c) Niflheim.
(d) Muspell.

14. Who is the first of Loki's children that is a serpent and is brought back from the land of the giants in "The Children of Loki"?
(a) Lofn.
(b) Narfi.
(c) Ullr.
(d) Jormungundr.

15. What does the author claim Loki's real weapon is in "The Players"?
(a) His mind.
(b) His cloak.
(c) His shield.
(d) His sword.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first of the things gathered by the dwarfs in making Gleipnir?

2. Who is described as the watchman of the gods in "The Master Builder"?

3. What is Odin's golden arm-ring called?

4. Who is Loki's mother?

5. In how many seasons does the stranger say he can build a wall around Asgard in "The Master Builder"?

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