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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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"?
(a) Lofn.
(b) Ullr.
(c) Loki.
(d) Tyr.

5. Who are Thor's sons?
(a) Ratatosk and Frey.
(b) Jord and Laufey.
(c) Modi and Magni.
(d) Lofn and Eir.

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

7. What name do Odin, Ve, and Vili give to the woman they create from the log?
(a) Bergelmir.
(b) Frilla.
(c) Ratatosk.
(d) Embla.

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

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

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

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

12. For what Norse goddess is Friday named?
(a) Frey.
(b) Frilla.
(c) Freya.
(d) Frigg.

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

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

15. At what land across the rainbow bridge were instructions given to the dwarfs on how to create the chain called Gleipnir?
(a) Hlidskjalf.
(b) Ginnungagap.
(c) Narfi.
(d) Svartalfheim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is referred to as the dark world to the north in "Before the Beginning, and After"?

2. From whom did Freya receive her necklace of light?

3. What is the name of Thor's daughter?

4. Author Neil Gaiman describes reading the adventures of the Mighty Thor as depicted by what American comics artist when he was a child?

5. By what names does Odin call his two ravens?

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