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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 does Hel name her bowl when she is led to the lightless world?
(a) Food.
(b) Love.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Forever.

2. What is referred to as the dark world to the north in "Before the Beginning, and After"?
(a) Hlidskjalf.
(b) Yggdrasil.
(c) Farbauti.
(d) Niflheim.

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

4. Who was Thor's mother?
(a) Jord.
(b) Laufey.
(c) Ratatosk.
(d) Eir.

5. What is Odin's golden arm-ring called?
(a) Tyr.
(b) Megingjord.
(c) Gungnir.
(d) Draupnir.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the high throne that Odin sits upon in "The Players"?

2. Who is described as the doctor of the Norse gods?

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

4. What is the name of Loki's eldest son born to Sigyn in "The Children of Loki"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Alfheimr refer to?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Sigyn? What role does she play in the stories of the collection?

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

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

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