• 1. 
    What is the cold dark misty world of the dead, ruled by the goddess Hel?

  • Birgir
  • Yggdrasill
  • Niflheim
  • Hnitbǫrg
  • 2. 
    Which companion of Odin and Thor is a cunning trickster who can change his shape and sex?

  • Aesir
  • Raven
  • Loki
  • Tantalus
  • 3. 
    What kind of animal draws the chariot of Freyr, the god of peace and fertility and rain and sunshine who is the son of the sea god Njǫrd?

  • boar
  • polar bear
  • musk ox
  • reindeer
  • 4. 
    What is the name of Odin’s magical horse, which has eight legs, teeth inscribed with runes, and the ability to gallop through the air and over the sea?

  • Huginn
  • Alsvin
  • Gleipnir
  • Sleipnir
  • 5. 
    Which is the most important of the Icelandic sagas called fornaldarsǫgur (“sagas of antiquity”)?

  • Volhu
  • Vǫlsunga
  • Vidar
  • Vǫllr
  • 6. 
    What is the dwelling place of the Norse gods, comparable to the Greek gods’ Mount Olympus?

  • Alfheim
  • Asgard
  • Bifrost
  • Midgard
  • 7. 
    What is the hall of slain warriors who live there blissfully under the leadership of the god Odin?

  • Valhalla
  • Jötunheim
  • Hades
  • Helheim
  • 8. 
    Who is the wife of Odin and mother of Balder as well as the goddess of marriage?

  • Sif
  • Sigyn
  • Frigg
  • Hel
  • 9. 
    Which animals draw the chariot of Freyja, the Norse goddess of love, fertility, battle, and death?

  • cats
  • dogs
  • wolves
  • bears
  • 10. 
    In Norse mythology, what is the name of the world tree, a giant ash supporting the universe?

  • Yggdrasill
  • Nidhogg
  • Mímisbrunnr
  • Urdarbrunnr
  • 11. 
    Who is the watchman of the gods who guards the entrance to Asgard?

  • Odin
  • Balder
  • Heimdall
  • Loki
  • 12. 
    What is the name of the rainbow bridge that is the entrance to Asgard?

  • Nóatún
  • Gjallarhorn
  • Muspelheim
  • Bifrost
  • 13. 
    What is the name of the horn of the watchman of the gods, which can be heard throughout heaven, earth, and the lower world?

  • Mjollnir
  • Gjallarhorn
  • Grídarvöl
  • Eldhrímnir
  • 14. 
    In Norse mythology, who is the giant created from the drops of water that formed when the ice of Niflheim met the heat of Muspelheim?

  • Aesir
  • Aurgelmir
  • Jötun
  • Tyr
  • 15. 
    What is the name of the unusually swift and intelligent horse belonging to a giant who offered to build a great wall around Asgard to keep invaders away?

  • Árvakr
  • Svadilfari
  • Glad
  • Alsvidr
  • 16. 
    In Norse mythology, who is the giant wife of the sea god Njǫrd?

  • Svidur
  • Skadi
  • Sigyn
  • Syn
  • 17. 
    Who wrote the Heimskringla (History of the Kings of Norway), a compilation of sagas about Norse kings?

  • Harald Fairhair
  • Egill Skallagrímsson
  • Saemundr Sigfússon
  • Snorri Sturluson
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