Deck 19: Icelandicnorse: Prose Edda Heroes

Question 1

Ancient Norse poets were called ____________________.

A) Volsungs
B) versifiers
C) Æsir
D) skalds

Answer 1

D

Question 2

______________'s questions about the Æsir gods and heroes are answered by High One, Just-as-high, and Third.

A) Gylfi
B) Snorri
C) Loki
D) Braggi

Answer 2

A

Question 3

If Thor had WON the contest at the home of Utgard-Loki, the balance of nature would have been upset. Which of the results listed below were NOT threatened?

A) Old age would be defeated.
B) The Midgard Serpent would no longer protect the world.
C) The oceans would dry up.
D) Ragnarok would destroy all.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Warriors who die in battle are sent to _________________.

A) Niflheim
B) Valhalla
C) Asgard
D) Midgard

Question 5

____________________ has only one hand because the other was bitten off by the wolf Fenrir.

A) Baldr
B) Tyr
C) Loki
D) Hel

Question 6

Braggi's wife Idun keeps the ___________________ which the gods must eat to keep young.

A) ambrosia
B) boiled boar
C) bread of life
D) apples

Question 7

Odin sends ______________ to every battle to choose who will die and who will win.

A) Frigg
B) Hel
C) the Valkyries
D) Freyja

Question 8

There is always enough to eat in Valhalla because ___________________.

A) the Valkyries are very good cooks
B) they kill a boar every day and it comes alive every evening
C) Thor always gives up his portion
D) dead men don't eat

Question 9

Everyday, ________________ gets news of the whole world from two ravens.

A) Odin
B) Thor
C) Loki
D) Utgard-Loki

Question 10

Baldr is not able to leave Hel because _________________.

A) he is too far away
B) no one can return from Hel
C) no one goes to rescue him
D) Thökk refuses to weep for him

Question 11

In the Norse tradition, __________ is the great battle that will end their world.

Question 12

_______________ is called All-father because he is father of all the gods.

Question 13

Odin allows warriors who died in battle to live in _____________________.

Question 14

Those who do not die as warriors in battle are sent to __________________.

Question 15

Thor's two great treasures are his hammer Mjollnir and a ________________.

Question 16

Fenrir the wolf and the Midgard Serpent are the children of ______________.

Question 17

The _____________________ serve the warriors at Valhalla.

Question 18

________________ went to Frigg, disguised as a woman, to ask if all things had made oaths not to harm Baldr.

Question 19

Hod kills Baldr by hitting him with a _________________ dart.

Question 20

In order to bring ______________ to justice for causing Baldr's death and nonreturn from Hel, __________________ caught him by the tail after he had changed himself into a salmon.