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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 suggests building a wall around Asgard in "The Master Builder"?
(a) Heimdall.
(b) Odin.
(c) Lofn.
(d) Ullr.

2. Who wrote Myths of the Norsemen?
(a) Jack Kirby.
(b) Reginald Anderson.
(c) Michael Allen Scott.
(d) Roger Lancelyn Green.

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

4. Who is Loki's mother?
(a) Ratatosk.
(b) Frilla.
(c) Farbauti.
(d) Laufey.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of logs do Odin, Vili, and Ve find at the edge of the sea in "Before the Beginning, and After"?

3. What is the world-tree called in "The Players"?

4. The narrator in "Freya's Unusual Wedding" says that there are two things Thor does when something has gone wrong. What is the first thing he does?

5. Where does the author say Loki lives in "The Players"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are Eitri and Brokker?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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