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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 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"?
(a) Dragons and giants.
(b) Houses and villages.
(c) Whole cows and sheep.
(d) Alligators and crocodiles.

2. By what does Skadi have to choose her husband in "The Apples of Immortality"?
(a) By his hair.
(b) By his face.
(c) By his feet.
(d) By his hands.

3. 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"?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) North.

4. What is Skidbladnir?
(a) A boat.
(b) A sword.
(c) A hammer.
(d) An axe.

5. What does Skrymir say his name means in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?
(a) Cowardly fellow.
(b) Small fellow.
(c) Big fellow.
(d) Weak fellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thiazi find on the ground by Idunn's chamber, leading him to know who took her in "The Apples of Immortality"?

2. To what direction does Frey look and see what is missing from his life in "The Story of Gerd and Frey"?

3. Who is Gerd's mother?

4. What color hair does the king of the giants of Utgard have in "Thor's Journey to the Land of the Giants"?

5. What does Odin cast into the sky to make Thiazi immortalized in "The Apples of Immortality"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Loki manage to appease Skadi in "The Apples of Immortality"?

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

8. What does the mead symbolize in “The Mead of Poets"?

9. Who kills Kvasir? Why?

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

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