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Norse Mythology Study Guide

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the world tree?

a)

Midgard

b)

Jotunheim

c)

Yggdrasil

d)

Asgard

2.

Who was Balder?

a)

the god of hairloss

b)

the most beloved of all the gods

c)

the most hated of all the gods

d)

Loki's brother

3.

Who was Hoder?

a)

Balder's blind brother

b)

the most beloved of all the gods

c)

the killer of Loki

d)

the watchmen of the gods

4.

Who was Frigg?

a)

goddess of fertility

b)

goddess of the harvest

c)

mother goddess

d)

goddess of the dawn

5.

Who was Mimir?

a)

giant at the well of knowlege

b)

king of the giants

c)

Thor's enemy

d)

Balder's brother

6.

Who is Odin?

a)

chief of the gods

b)

god of thunder

c)

god of fire

d)

god of the dawn

7.

What is Asgard?

a)

land of the humans

b)

land of the giants

c)

land of the Vanir

d)

land of the Æsir

8.

What is Mjolnir?

a)

Thor's goat

b)

Thor's belt

c)

Thor's hammer

d)

Thor's glove

9.

Who was Buri?

a)

the ancestor of the giants

b)

the ancestor of humans

c)

the ancestor of the gods

d)

the first man created

10.

What was Midgard?

a)

the land of humans

b)

the land of giants

c)

the land of dwarves

d)

the land of the Æsir

11.

What was Jotunheim?

a)

land of the humans

b)

land of the giants

c)

land of the Æsir

d)

land of the elves

12.

Who was Ask?

a)

man created by Odin, Vili, and Ve

b)

woman created by Odin, Vili, and Ve

c)

father of Odin, Vili, and Ve

d)

brother of Odin, Vili, and Ve

13.

Who was Embla?

a)

man created by Odin, Vili, and Ve

b)

woman created by Odin, Vili, and Ve

c)

mother of Odin, Vili, and Ve

d)

sister of Odin, Vili, and Ve

14.

Who was Thrym?

a)

king of the giants

b)

giant at the well of knowledge

c)

giant who married Frigga

d)

giant who stole Mjolnir

15.

Who is Freya?

a)

goddess of fertility

b)

god of fertility

c)

goddess of harvest

d)

mother goddess

16.

Who is Heimdall?

a)

god of thunder

b)

god of fire

c)

god of light

d)

god of dawn

17.

Who was Thor?

a)

god of the dawn

b)

god of thunder and lightening

c)

god of fire

d)

god of fertility

18.

Who is Loki?

a)

chief of gods

b)

god of mischief and fire

c)

god of lightening

d)

god of the dawn

19.

Who is Thjalfi?

a)

peasant's son who broke one of Thor's goat's legs

b)

peasant's daughter who broke one of Thor's goat's legs

c)

son of Utgard-Loki

d)

son of Loki

20.

Who was Skrymir?

a)

thought

b)

flame

c)

old age

d)

Utgard-Loki in disguise

21.

Who was Utgard-Loki?

a)

Loki's son

b)

king of the giants

c)

Thor's best friend

d)

a trickster

22.

What/Who is Logi?

a)

thought

b)

old age

c)

flame

d)

Midgard serpent

23.

What/Who was Elli?

a)

Thought

b)

Flame

c)

Old Age

d)

Midgard Serpent

24.

What/Who is Hugi?

a)

Thought

b)

Flame

c)

Old Age

d)

Midgard Serpent

25.

Who is Jormungandr?

a)

Midgard Serpent

b)

goddess of the underworld

c)

giant wolf that bit of Tyr's hand

d)

the end of the world

26.

Why did Odin go to Mimir's well to drink from it?

a)

he was thirsty and it was the best water in the whole universe

b)

he wanted the knowledge from it

c)

he wanted to hang out with his friend Mimir

d)

he was told that it was colder than other water

27.

What was the price Odin had to pay to get a drink from the well?

a)

he had to pay Mimir a lot of money

b)

he had to give Mimir his horse

c)

he had to give Mimir one of his eyes

d)

he had to pierce himself on Yggdrasil for nine days and nights

28.

How many worlds are connected by Yggdrasil?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

9

d)

8

29.

How can the gods travel between worlds?

a)

by a magic boat

b)

by riding Odin's horse

c)

by the rainbow bridge, Bifrost

d)

by teleporting from one world to the next

30.

Who controls the fate of all races?

a)

the fates

b)

the norns

c)

the gods

d)

the Æsir

31.

What had Thrym done with Thor's hammer?

a)

stolen it to make a necklace out of it

b)

stolen it and buried it deep, deep underground

c)

stolen it so that he could give it as a gift to his beloved wife

d)

stolen it to trap Thor and steal his powers

32.

What did Thrym want for returning Thor's hammer?

a)

his own magic hammer

b)

Freyja as his wife

c)

Freyja's beautiful necklace

d)

Freyja's falcon feather cloak

33.

What plan did the gods come up with to get the hammer back?

a)

Loki would go in disguised as a falcon and steal it back

b)

The god of the earth would did it up and return it to Thor

c)

Thor and Loki would pretend to be women and trick the giants into giving it back

d)

Thor and Loki would storm the palace of the giants and fight together to get the hammer back from Thrym

34.

What happened once Thor got his hammer back?

a)

He thanked the giant for giving it back and went home to Asgard

b)

He killed all of the giants

c)

He killed the giants and put Loki in prison for helping the giants steal his hammer

d)

He killed the giants and rewarded Loki for helping him get his hammer back

35.

What was the house Thor, Loki, and Thjalfi stayed in?

a)

A boot

b)

A sock

c)

A mitten

d)

A glove

36.

What is Ragnarok?

a)

the end of the world

b)

the beginning of the world

c)

where warriors go when they die

d)

where women go when they die

37.

Who is the ancestor of the giants?

a)

Buri

b)

Ask

c)

Ymir

d)

Embla

38.

What were the first humans created from?

a)

an ash tree and an elm tree

b)

dirt

c)

pine logs

d)

the arm hair of Ymir

39.

What was the one thing that could kill Balder?

a)

a rock covered in poison

b)

aloe

c)

mistletoe

d)

a pine needle

40.

How did Loki discover what could kill Balder?

a)

He eavesdropped on Frigga's and Odin's conversation about what promised not to kill him

b)

He tricked Frigga into telling him by dressing as an old woman

c)

He attacked Balder with everything he could find until something worked

d)

He asked his daughter Hel what could kill Balder

41.

Who killed Balder?

a)

Loki by tricking Hoder into throwing an arrow at his brother

b)

Loki by throwing an arrow at Balder

c)

Hoder when he accidentally picked up the arrow

d)

Frigga when she didn't make the one plant promise not to kill her son

42.

What was the name of Odin's eight-legged horse?

a)

Thjalfi

b)

Yggdrasil

c)

Audhumla

d)

Sleipnir

43.

Who refused to weep for Balder so that he could return to the land of the living?

a)

mistletoe

b)

Loki disguised as an old woman

c)

An old woman who hated Balder

d)

Hel

44.

Which of the following is not one of the worlds connected by the World Tree?

a)

Alfheim

b)

Nidavellir

c)

Valhalla

d)

Vanaheim

45.

What two worlds existed before Odin and his brothers created the rest of the world?

a)

Muspelheim and Niflheim

b)

Alfheim and Vanaheim

c)

Helheim and Gunungagap

d)

Nidavellir and Svartalfheim

46.

Which of these was not one of Loki's children?

a)

Hel

b)

Fenrir

c)

Jormungandr

d)

Audhumla

47.

Who made the cord that bound Fenrir?

a)

Giants

b)

Elves

c)

Æsir

d)

Dwarves

48.

Who placed their hand in Fenrir's mouth?

a)

Tyr

b)

Loki

c)

Thor

d)

Odin

49.

When will the Fenris Wolf be freed?

a)

When Loki frees him

b)

At Ragnarok

c)

When his wife frees him

d)

When the gods feel that he has been punished long enough

50.

Who came up with the plan to dress Thor as a woman so he could get his hammer back?

a)

Heimdall

b)

Loki

c)

Odin

d)

Freyja

51.

Which of the following is not one of Odin's other names?

a)

Woden

b)

All Father

c)

The Wanderer

d)

Midgard Creator

52.

Which of these is not one of Thor's great posessions?

a)

his belt, Menginjord

b)

his glove, Járngreipr

c)

his hammer, Mjolnir

d)

his necklace, Brisingamen

53.

Who went with Thor disguised as his waiting-maid?

a)

Loki

b)

Freyja

c)

Heimdall

d)

Odin

54.

What did Thor's waiting-maid say was the reason he ate so much?

a)

He hadn't eaten in eight nights because he was too excited to marry Thrym

b)

He had a large appetite because he was a god and they were mere giants

c)

He hadn't eaten because he was so angry about them taking his hammer

d)

He was building up his strength so he could kill all the giants

55.

Where did the Æsir meet to discuss how to get Thor's hammer back?

a)

At Valhalla so the dead warriors could give advice too

b)

In Asgard at Thor's palace

c)

In the palace of Gladsheim

d)

In Freyja's palace

56.

What is the letter represented in the picture?

a)

a

b)

o

c)

b

d)

t

57.

What is the letter represented in the picture?

a)

C

b)

Q

c)

P

d)

K

58.

What is the letter represented in the picture?

a)

M

b)

E

c)

D

d)

A

59.

What is the letter represented in the picture?

a)

Y

b)

T

c)

V

d)

Z

60.

What is the letter represented in the picture?

a)

W

b)

Th

c)

P

d)

D