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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Odin send to find and create the chain called Gleipnir?
(a) Ullr.
(b) Narfi.
(c) Lofn.
(d) Skirnir.

2. 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) Narfi.
(b) Lofn.
(c) Ullr.
(d) Jormungundr.

3. Who is described as the comforter and goddess of marriages in Norse mythology?
(a) Vor.
(b) Lofn.
(c) Niflheim.
(d) Frilla.

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

5. What is the ever-churning spring called that exists in the center of the dark world in "Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds"?
(a) Frilla.
(b) Nidhogg.
(c) Ratatosk.
(d) Hvergelmir.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of Sif's son from before her marriage to Thor?

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. What color is Thor's beard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sif and what story does she factor into?

2. How does Loki manage to trick the builder in "The Master Builder"?

3. Who is Loki and what are his main characteristics?

4. How is Freya described in "Freya's Unusual Wedding"?

5. What is the offer that the gods agree to offer the stranger in "The Master Builder"?

6. What are the treasures created for the gods in "The Treasures of the Gods"?

7. What does Yggrdrasil refer to?

8. Describe the setting of Asgard. Who lives here?

9. What/who is Ymir and how does this figure into Norse mythology?

10. What is the initial offer of the stranger in "The Master Builder"?

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