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Norse Mythology Part 1
Who was Gulveig?
What do Brock and Loki wager?
Norse Mythology Part 1
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What do Brock and Loki wager?
A bottle of fine liquor
A large sum of money
Their heads
Their children's lives
2
Who was Gulveig?
One of the three greedy giants that was driven out of Asgard
One of the three beautiful Vanir women
One of the three great dwarf blacksmiths
One of the great Norse heroes
3
What does Asgard mean?
Hell
Heaven
Place of the Gods
Paradise
4
What does Loki do to Sif and why does he do it?
Murders her because he hates Thor
Cuts off her hair because he is angry at the other Gods
Marries her because he loves her
Cuts off her hair because he want to wear it
5
What is Loki’s punishment for losing the wager with Brock?
His children are killed
His lips are sewn shut
He is killed
Paying a large amount of money
6
How does Gulveig affect Asgard?
She brings Care and Foreboding
She destroys Asgard
She makes Asgard rich
She brings joy and happiness there
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Where does the tree grow out of?
The Well of Urd
Asgard
Midgard
The cosmos
8
Who was Andvari?
A dwarf who hated Loki
A dwarf built a great house
A dwarf who was a talented smith
A dwarf who had amassed the greatest treasure in the world
9
What is the most precious item of Andvari’s hoard?
His ruby collection
His dragon egg
His pet fish
His golden ring
10
Why does Brock become angry at Loki?
Loki stole from the Dwarfs
Loki married his sister
Loki insulted his mother
Loki said his brother's forging wasinferior to Loki's dwarfs
11
What gift(s) does loki give to the other Gods that the dwarfs made? (Choose all correct)
The flying pig
The Spear Gugnir
The boat Skidbladnir
Thor’s Hammer Mjolnir
12
How did Odin and his brothers construct the world?
From the corpse of Ymir the frost giant
It was created before they were alive
By hand on the branches of the tree
From water in the well of Urd
13
How many worlds are held in the branches and roots of the tree?
9
3
5
7
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How are beings able to travel to other worlds?
Teleport
Flying
Escalators
Along the branches of the tree Yggdrasil
15
How do the Gods avoid paying the stranger?
They kill him
Loki tricks his cow. The stranger is unable to finish wall.
They convince him to rescind his payment request
They make someone else pay him
16
Where do the rainbow bridges lead to? What is the difference between them?
Muspelheim and Niflheim; one is fire and one is ice
Midgard and Yggdrasil; the one to Midgard is more beautiful
Muspelheim and Niflheim; one is nicer
Midgard + Yggdrasil;Yggdrasil is more beautiful and fragile
17
What are the four qualities in Norse Mythology?
Animistic, Monotheistic, Pantheistic, Cyclical
Humanistic, Monotheistic, Pantheistic, Linear
Humanistic, Polytheistic, Pantheistic, Linear
Animistic, Polytheistic, Pantheistic, Cyclical
18
What do the Gods do with Gulveig’s body and why?
They burned it since it's forbidden to kill people in Asgard
They bury it because they believed in funeral rites
They ate it because they liked the taste of Giant
They placed her body in a boat and set it afire
19
Who are the Norns?
3 women who are able to see the past, present, and future.
A group of humans who praised the gods.
A group of Gods who broke up from the Gods.
A group of ice giants who hate the gods.
20
Why does Odin leave Asgard to go to Urda’s well?
His ravens told of shadows and foreboding so he investigated
He needed to get away from his wife
He wanted to go visit Earth
He was hunting Loki
21
How does Gulveig’s death affect Loki?
He laments because he loved her
He weeps because he cries
He becomes enraged at the Gods
He rejoices because he hated Gulveig
22
What was there before anything in the world was created?
Nothingness and chaos (Ginnungap)
Asgard
Ymir the frost giant
Odin
23
How long did the stranger say it would take him to build Asgard’s wall?
1 year
6 months
2 years
One month
24
What is the name of the Norse tree of life?
Urd
Yggdrasil
Bor
Jotunheim
25
Why does Loki go to the dwarfs for help with Sif’s hair?
He was friendly with the dwarfs and thought they might help
He did not go to them for help
He thought they would trade valuable weapons for her hair
He thought the hair would make a nice gift for the dwarfs
26
What does Loki do after he finds Gulveig’s ashes?
Mixes them into chocolate milk
Collects them in an urn.
Eats her heart and becomes more angered at the Gods
Snorts her ashes
27
What curse does Andvari put on his ring?
The ring will be lusted for by everyone who sees it
Whoever wears it will become ill
It will never come off if it is placed on their finger
Whoever wears it will die
28
Who condemns Gulveig to death?
Thor
Odin
Frigga
Freya
29
What does Odin offer to Hreimdar for the murder of his son?
A favor from the Gods
A piece of Gold for each hair on his son’s otter body
A wife
Wisdom
30
Who were the Vikings?
From modern-day Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland
All of the above.
Raided lands in search of riches and fertile lands.
Seafaring warriors, raiders, and explorers.
31
What items do Sindri and Brock forge for their contest?
Golden Flying Boar
All of the Above
The hammer Mjolnir
Golden Arm Ring that multiplies every 9 days
32
Who were the first man and woman created?
Lif and Lifthrasir
Adam and Eve
Ask and Embla
Magni and Mani
33
Who was the otter that Loki murdered?
Hreimdar’s son Otter
Hreimdar’s son Regin
Just a random otter
Hreimdar’s son Fafnir
34
What is Odin’s fake name when he travels to Midgard?
Oden
Joseph
Thor
Vegtam the Wanderer
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What did the stranger want for his payment?
Freya
The sun and the moon
Neither of the above
Both of the above
