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Norse Myth Quiz 2

1. ’s three greatest possessions are: ______,

______, and ______.

_____ 2. Which of the following is NOT true of : (a) she drives a chariot drawn by cats (b) she is the most renowned of the (c) she is known as “Snowshoe Woman” (d) she is a of love

_____ 3. The who “governs the prosperity of men” is: (a) (b) (c) (d) Njordr

_____ 4. The god who lost his hand in the binding of the wolf Fenris (a) Baldr (b) (c) (d)

_____ 5. The goddess who guards the of immortality is: (a) Freyja (b) (c) Idunn (d)

_____ 6. The god who drives a chariot is: (a) Baldr (b) (c) Loki (d) Thor

_____ 7. Which is NOT true of Heimdall: (a) he is the gatekeeper of (b) he has nine mothers (c) he needs almost no sleep (d) his wife is a giant

_____ 8. The one of the Aesir who is also half-giant: (a) Baldr (b) Heimdall (c) Loki (d) Thor

_____ 9. The Father of Fenris, Iormungand, and : (a) Bragi (b) Loki (c) Odin (d) Thor

_____ 10. Which is NOT true of Hel? (a) she is half blue-black, and half flesh-colored (b) she is known as “the blemish of all and men” (c) she rules over the souls of men who die in non-heroic ways (d) her realm has many riches and high, strong walls

_____ 11. The goddess whose wisdom and status make her the “most glorious of the Asynjur: (a) (b) Frigg (c) Idunn (d) Sif

_____ 12. God who gave away his sword for the love of a giant woman: (a) Freyr (b) Loki (c) Thor (d) Tyr

_____ 13. Which is NOT associated with Odin: (a) Huginn and Muninn (b) Skirnir (c) (d)

_____ 14. Which is NOT true of Valhall: (a) the Valkyries serve at its feasts (b) it lies beyond the rivers of ocean (c) A giant deer stand there eating a tree (d) the men there fight all day and party all night

_____ 15. The sea-goat Heidrun is so useful because she (a) speaks oracles to all who reach her mountain home (b) is butchered, eaten, and reconstituted every day (c) her udders put out enough to get everyone in Valhall drunk (d) she spies on Loki and the giants

_____ 16. The giant who built the wall around Asgard’s citadel was to be paid with: (a) possession of Thor’s (b) dominion over (c) the hand of Frejya in marriage (d) the return of the sun and the moon to the power of the giants

_____ 17. Thjalfi became Thor’s sidekick/servant because: (a) he was a child of Sif from her previous marriage to a giant (b) he did not help build the citadel of Asgard (c) he broke the thighbone of one of Thor’s (d) he had promised this as the price of Thor’s saving him from Utgard

_____ 18. Which is NOT true of the giant Skymir: (a) he was impervious to Thor’s most powerful attacks (b) he led Thor and his servants to the of Utgarda-Loki (c) he tied a knot that even Thor couldn’t untie (d) he threatened to take the Allfather’s throne if Thor could not stop him

_____ 19. Which of these was NOT one of Thor’s failed tests at Utgard: (a) an eating contest (b) picking up a kitty cat (c) wrestling an old woman (d) finishing the mead in a