Norse Myth Quiz 2 1. Thor’s three greatest possessions are: _____________________ , _____________________, and __________________________________. _____ 2. Which of the following is NOT true of Freyja: (a) she drives a chariot drawn by cats (b) she is the most renowned of the goddesses (c) she is known as “Snowshoe Woman” (d) she is a goddess of love _____ 3. The god who “governs the prosperity of men” is: (a) Baldr (b) Bragi (c) Freyr (d) Njordr _____ 4. The god who lost his hand in the binding of the wolf Fenris (a) Baldr (b) Loki (c) Odin (d) Tyr _____ 5. The goddess who guards the apples of immortality is: (a) Freyja (b) Frigg (c) Idunn (d) Sif _____ 6. The god who drives a goat chariot is: (a) Baldr (b) Heimdall (c) Loki (d) Thor _____ 7. Which is NOT true of Heimdall: (a) he is the gatekeeper of Asgard (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 Hel: (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 gods 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) Freya (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) Valhalla (d) Valkyries _____ 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 mead 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 hammer (b) dominion over Midgard (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 goats (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 land 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 drinking horn .