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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. The seeress reveals that ______ will kill Balder, which begins a chain of events.
(a) Hod.
(b) Otter.
(c) Andvari.
(d) Alvis.

2. Loki becomes annoyed with _______ and kills him.
(a) Fimafeng.
(b) Vali.
(c) Narvi.
(d) Sigyn.

3. The giant's name is ______.
(a) Aegir.
(b) Mimir.
(c) Ymir.
(d) Skrymir.

4. Ottar and Angantyr will be meeting in ______ days within the myth story.
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. ______ boasts that he can eat more than any giant.
(a) Loki.
(b) Hymir.
(c) Thor.
(d) Thialfi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Odin and _______ give the giant many horns of ale, but he does not fall into a stupor.

2. Loddfafnir is in reality ______ in disguise.

3. Thor agrees to wrestle Utgard-Loki's ________, within a myth of the book.

4. The seeress states that Odin and ______ will conceive a child.

5. The giant tells them the way to _______, according to the book's content.

Short Essay Questions

1. What promise does Thrud's father refuse to uphold when he objects to the union of Alvis and Thrud?

2. What does Grid give to Thor in order to fight with Geirrod?

3. Why does Freyja encircle the giantess in fire after she says something offensive to her?

4. What does Odin trick Hrungnir into doing when they are engaging in a contest to see whose horse is faster?

5. What does Fjolsvid reveal about Menglad and his marriage future as well as his ability to open the gates?

6. What does Hrungnir propose when Thor comes to battle him for drinking out of his horns?

7. What does Hasbard give as a reason for Thor to hurry home to be with his wife?

8. Why does the farmer take offense to the three gods who arrive on his doorstep with the otter?

9. How did the giant king prevent his visitors from winning any of the contests of strength?

10. Why didn't Frigg get a promise from the mistletoe to not harm Balder in any way?

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