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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the boar whose meat is served at Valhalla each night?
(a) Saerimnir.
(b) Utgard.
(c) Niflheim.
(d) Svadilfari.

2. What does Loki play "tug of war" with in "The Apples of Immortality"?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A goat.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A fox.

3. To what direction does Frey look and see what is missing from his life in "The Story of Gerd and Frey"?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) East.

4. Where does Suttung take Galar and Fjalar to kill them in "The Mead of Poets"?
(a) To a cliffside over his castle.
(b) To a large wall.
(c) To rocks in the ocean.
(d) To Odin's castle.

5. To whom is Idunn married in "The Apples of Immortality"?
(a) Bragi.
(b) Svadilfari.
(c) Ymir.
(d) Utgard.

6. What does Loki turn Idunn into when he goes to save her from Thiazi's fortress?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A falcon.
(c) A hazelnut.
(d) A dragon.

7. Who created Skidbladnir?
(a) The sons of Loki.
(b) The sons of Ivaldi.
(c) The sons of Odin.
(d) Skrymir.

8. What is the name of Thialfi's father?
(a) Hvergelmir.
(b) Egil.
(c) Laufey.
(d) Vor.

9. Who is Thialfi's sister in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?
(a) Laufey.
(b) Hvergelmir.
(c) Vor.
(d) Roskva.

10. Who is Frey's stepmother in "The Story of Gerd and Frey"?
(a) Skadi.
(b) Svadilfari.
(c) Utgard.
(d) Niflheim.

11. What animal does Odin transform into when he flees Gunnlod's mountain?
(a) A vulture.
(b) A snake.
(c) A wolf.
(d) An eagle.

12. Who is Thiazi's daughter?
(a) Ymir.
(b) Utgard.
(c) Svadilfari.
(d) Skadi.

13. Who is Suttung's daughter?
(a) Gunnlod.
(b) Laufey.
(c) Bergelmir.
(d) Hvergelmir.

14. What are the men called who have died nobly in battle since the beginning of time?
(a) The Einherjar.
(b) The Saerimnir.
(c) The Niflheim.
(d) The Yggdrasil.

15. What is the name of the goat that provides the mead for Valhalla?
(a) Heidrun.
(b) Niflheim.
(c) Utgard.
(d) Svadilfari.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the giant that the dwarfs take rowing in a boat in "The Mead of Poets"?

2. Who does the king of the giants reveal himself to be in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?

3. What is the name of Gerd's father?

4. What is Skidbladnir?

5. What is the second promise from the gods to Skadi as recompense for her father's death in "The Apples of Immortality"?

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