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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. To what direction does Frey look and see what is missing from his life in "The Story of Gerd and Frey"?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) North.

2. What gift had Hoenir given to humans, according to the narrator in "The Apples of Immortality"?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Lust.
(c) Sanity.
(d) Reason.

3. What animal does Odin transform into when he flees Gunnlod's mountain?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A vulture.
(d) A snake.

4. What is the name of the king of the giants at Utgard in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?
(a) Laufey.
(b) Utgardaloki.
(c) Hlidskjalf.
(d) Vor.

5. What do Fjalar and Galar call their kettle in "The Mead of Poets"?
(a) Bergelmir.
(b) Odrerir.
(c) Laufey.
(d) Hvergelmir.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which direction does Skrymir say he is going when he parts ways with Loki and friends in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?

2. What item does Loki take from Freya when he sets out to find Idunn in "The Apples of Immortality"?

3. What color eyes is Loki described as having in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?

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

5. What had Loki requested the gods place around the wall of Asgard in "The Apples of Immortality"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Loki do for comic relief in "The Apples of Immortality"?

2. Where does Frey go with Skirnir in order to obtain his objective in "The Story of Gerd and Frey"?

3. Who kills Kvasir? Why?

4. How was Kvasir created?

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

6. Who is Hoenir?

7. How does Odin ultimately attain the mead of poets?

8. What does Odin do in order to ensure Thiazi is forever remembered?

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

10. How does Loki go about stealing the apples of immortality the first time in "The Apples of Immortality"?

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