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Lesson 13 - Answers Tests and Reading

Comprehension Test

Name the three main methods by which rune glyphs are marked
painting, branding and incising
How many would be an acceptable number of runes to produce in one day?
As you saw in the lecture there are several acceptable numbers including 24, 8 and 1
Name three materials out of which runes are made today
So many that you should have had no problem, bone, wood, ceramic, glass, sea-shells, stone etc
Done properly, what is rune making?
It is rewarding but also time consuming and hard work
How can you avoid accidentally scratching your runes during the making process, yet at the same time ensure they are held tightly?
Use something to pad the vise
Give a way in which a rune glyph can be burnt into a wooden tablet
There are several including, with a hand lens, with a pre-made and heated shape, or with the end of a heated tool
What should you have close to hand while making runes?
A first aid kit
Which color is traditional for rune glyphs?
Red
What might be the consequences of producing your glyphs freehand?
There will probably be a lack of consistency in the designs with a mass of characters of various heights and widths
Name a way in which nature can directly provide material to make runes
Again many, we named two in the lecture which were windfall wood and stones found on the sea shore.

Reading

Nothing more to add

Further Exercises

Having now looked at both methods of acquiring runes, you will be familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of both. You should have a good idea of what material appeals to you for having runes made out of. The time has now come to choose. Either make or buy your set of runes but you will require them from the next lesson onwards and you cannot go any further in this course without a set of runes of your own.

You have completed this exercise. If you got any of the comprehension answers wrong go back and look at the lesson again to work out why this happened before moving on and do not take more than one Lesson a week.

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