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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. How many doors does Valhalla have, according to the narrator in "The Story of Gerd and Frey"?
(a) 630.
(b) 230.
(c) 540.
(d) 150.

2. What color hair does the king of the giants of Utgard have in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Gray.

3. Why is Thialfi taken as the servant to Thor and Loki in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?
(a) Because he ran away from home.
(b) Because he fought cowardly in battle.
(c) Because he lied to Thor.
(d) Because he broke a goat bone.

4. What is the cavern lit by that Odin enters through the mountain in "The Mead of Poets"?
(a) Torches.
(b) Lamps.
(c) Crystals.
(d) Rubies.

5. What word is defined as meaning "drill" in "The Mead of Poets"?
(a) Rati.
(b) Hvergelmir.
(c) Laufey.
(d) Bergelmir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Odin transform into when he flees Gunnlod's mountain?

2. What color hair is the giant said to have in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?

3. For what reason does Frey say he is being punished in "The Story of Gerd and Frey"?

4. Where does Thor tell Thialfi he is going with him and Loki in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?

5. What does Skrymir take from his provision bag to eat when he, Loki, and their companions begin traveling in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Thialfi's family and home described in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?

2. What inciting incident prompts Loki to steal the apples of immortality?

3. How does Loki steal the apples of immortality for the second time in this story?

4. What trick does Loki play on Thialfi in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?

5. What is Thialfi's punishment for his crime in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?

6. How was Kvasir created?

7. Why does Odin go to Baugi's home in “The Mead of Poets"?

8. How is the setting of Jotunheim described? Who lives here?

9. Why does Suttung go to the dwarfs for mead in “The Mead of Poets"?

10. Why does Thor attempt to wake Skrymir when they travel together?

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