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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the high throne that Odin sits upon in "The Players"?
(a) Hlidskjalf.
(b) Muninn.
(c) Yggdrasil.
(d) Valkyrie.

2. What is the name of the ancestor of all the giants?
(a) Ratatosk.
(b) Bestla.
(c) Ymir.
(d) Frilla.

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

4. In how many seasons does the stranger say he can build a wall around Asgard in "The Master Builder"?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

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

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

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

8. Who wrote Myths of the Norsemen?
(a) Jack Kirby.
(b) Roger Lancelyn Green.
(c) Michael Allen Scott.
(d) Reginald Anderson.

9. Who were the dwarfs that made Thor his hammer in "Freya's Unusual Wedding"?
(a) Embla and Thrud.
(b) Brokk and Eitri.
(c) Huginn and Muninn.
(d) Modi and Magni.

10. What was the first of the things gathered by the dwarfs in making Gleipnir?
(a) The whisper of a dragon.
(b) The footsteps of a cat.
(c) The sound of a bird.
(d) The spittle of a bird.

11. Who is described as the most beautiful of all the Aisir in "The Master Builder"?
(a) Lofn.
(b) Embla.
(c) Balder.
(d) Gungnir.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests to the gods and goddesses that they take up the stranger's offer to build the wall with special conditions in "The Master Builder"?

2. Who was Loki's father said to be?

3. Who is described as the god of poetry in "The Master Builder"?

4. What pulls Freya's chariot?

5. What is the name of Loki's eldest son born to Sigyn in "The Children of Loki"?

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