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

2. What is the name of Thor's belt of strength?
(a) Megingjord.
(b) Mjollnir.
(c) Ragnarok.
(d) Niflheim.

3. What was the last of the six things gathered by the dwarfs in making Gleipnir?
(a) The footsteps of a cat.
(b) The sound of a bird.
(c) The spittle of a bird.
(d) The whisper of a dragon.

4. What does Hel name her knife when she is led to the lightless world?
(a) Loss.
(b) Famine.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Freedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose hand in marriage does the stranger ask for in exchange for building the wall in "The Master Builder"?

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"?

3. Who is Loki's mother?

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

5. Why does the narrator say that Thor had gone to the east in the opening of "The Master Builder"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Alfheimr refer to?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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