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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. Who is described as the god of poetry in "The Master Builder"?
(a) Ullr.
(b) Embla.
(c) Lofn.
(d) Bragi.

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

3. 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) Tyr.
(b) Loki.
(c) Lofn.
(d) Ullr.

4. What is the name of Thor's hammer?
(a) Nidhogg.
(b) Niflheim.
(c) Megingjord.
(d) Mjollnir.

5. What does Loki ask Freya to borrow in "Freya's Unusual Wedding"?
(a) Her necklace from the Brisings.
(b) Her feathered cloak.
(c) Her ring.
(d) Her wedding veil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim Loki's real weapon is in "The Players"?

2. Who were the dwarfs that made Thor his hammer in "Freya's Unusual Wedding"?

3. What is the name of the foal that followed Loki home from the woods in "The Master Builder"?

4. What is the name of the squirrel that lives in the world-tree?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What powers does the narrator describe associated with Thor's hammer in "Freya's Unusual Wedding"?

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

4. Who are Loki's three illigitimate children in “The Children of Loki"?

5. Who is Heimdall and what role does he play in the plot of "Freya's Unusual Wedding"?

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

7. Who has stolen Thor's hammer in "Freya's Unusual Wedding"? Why?

8. What does Yggrdrasil refer to?

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

10. What are the nine worlds of Norse mythology and who lives in each?

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