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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the beautiful battle-maidens who collect the souls of the noble dead in battle?
(a) Muninns.
(b) Yggdrasil.
(c) Ragnarok.
(d) Valkyries.

2. What is the name of the ancestor of all the giants?
(a) Ymir.
(b) Ratatosk.
(c) Frilla.
(d) Bestla.

3. What is the name of the void where the rivers of the mist flow in?
(a) Ratatosk.
(b) Muspell.
(c) Ymir.
(d) Ginnungagap.

4. What is the name of the stranger's stallion in "The Master Builder"?
(a) Lofn.
(b) Svadilfari.
(c) Ullr.
(d) Heimdall.

5. What kind of logs do Odin, Vili, and Ve find at the edge of the sea in "Before the Beginning, and After"?
(a) Manzanita and elm.
(b) Willow and pine.
(c) Ash and elm.
(d) Oak and sycamore.

6. What does the stranger turn out to be in "The Master Builder"?
(a) A bridge troll.
(b) A witch.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A mountain giant.

7. What land to the south is described as the world of fire in the beginning of time in "Before the Beginning, and After"?
(a) Niflheim.
(b) Muspell.
(c) Ginnungagap.
(d) Yggdrasil.

8. What is the name of the foal that followed Loki home from the woods in "The Master Builder"?
(a) Lofn.
(b) Ullr.
(c) Sleipnir.
(d) Embla.

9. How does the author say Odin appears when he walks amongst mortals?
(a) As a wolf with golden fangs.
(b) As a tall man wearing a cloak and hat.
(c) As the wind and as tornadoes.
(d) As a woman wearing a long veil.

10. In how many seasons does the stranger say he can build a wall around Asgard in "The Master Builder"?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

11. By what names does Odin call his two ravens?
(a) Lofn and Vor.
(b) Huginn and Muninn.
(c) Vor and Frilla.
(d) Frigg and Freya.

12. Who was Ymir's grandson who survived the flood of Ymir's blood?
(a) Ratatosk.
(b) Bergelmir.
(c) Frilla.
(d) Bestla.

13. What pulls Freya's chariot?
(a) A golden boar.
(b) A stallion.
(c) Two goats.
(d) Two cats.

14. Why does the narrator say that Thor had gone to the east in the opening of "The Master Builder"?
(a) To fight Yggdrasil.
(b) To fight trolls.
(c) To fight dragons.
(d) To fight giants.

15. What do the names of Odin's ravens translate to in English?
(a) Revenge and mercy.
(b) Thought and memory.
(c) Wonder and gossip.
(d) Love and magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Loki's father said to be?

2. Who is the first of Loki's children that is a serpent and is brought back from the land of the giants in "The Children of Loki"?

3. What is the name of Thor's hammer?

4. Who wrote Myths of the Norsemen?

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

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