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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. What is the name of Odin's spear?
(a) Mjollnir.
(b) Megingjord.
(c) Gungnir.
(d) Draupnir.

2. What is the name of the dragon that lives in the ever-churning spring in the center of the dark world?
(a) Frilla.
(b) Hvergelmir.
(c) Nidhogg.
(d) Ratatosk.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose hand does the wolf bite off when he is bound by Gleipnir?

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

3. Who is the Norse goddess of wisdom?

4. What land to the south is described as the world of fire in the beginning of time in "Before the Beginning, and After"?

5. Whom did Odin send to find and create the chain called Gleipnir?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the gods decide to build a wall in "The Master Builder"?

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

3. Who are Eitri and Brokker?

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

5. What exchange do Brokk and Eitri make with Loki in "The Treasures of the Gods"?

6. Who is Thor? What are Thor's powers?

7. Who is Odin? What are the notable traits of this character?

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

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

10. What is the outcome of the plot in "Freya's Unusual Wedding"?

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