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Norse Worksheet #4

 

NORSE GODS AND GIANTS

 

  1. Who were traditional enemies?
    1. Giants and gods            b.  gods and humans     c.  gods and animals

 

  1. Who was most feared by the giants?
    1. Odin                 b.  Thor the warrior god            c.  Freyia

 

  1. What is Ragnarok?
    1. The war that destroys the universe         b.  The third battle with the Dwarves     c.  The sickness

 

  1. What happens after Ragnarok?
    1. A few gods and men survive and rebuild a better world
    2. The universe returns to a dark void
    3. The animals take over the world

 

  1. What role does Loki play in “A Giant Builder”?
    1. He is both good and bad, getting everything messed up and then saving the day
    2. He is a negotiator who ends up befriending the Giant and convincing him to build a great hall in Valhalla.
    3. He is a wise man who gives good advice to both Giants and gods so that they can get along.

 

ODIN AND THE POETIC MEAD

 

  1. How were truces declared?
    1. Shake hands     b.  sign contract            c.  spit in vat

 

  1. What is depicted of high value to the gods in the story of “Odin and The Poetic Mead”?
    1. wisdom and poetic ability          b.  love             c.  strength

 

ODIN AND THE RUNES

 

  1. What are runes?
    1. Old norse writing
    2. Hollows in the earth dug by Vikings
    3. What is leftover after a Norse Battle

 

  1. Odin became the first to obtain the knowledge of the runes.  What does this mean?
    1. He obtained the power and use of writing
    2. He obtained the riches from Viking treasures buried in deep hole.
    3. He obtained riches left over after battle

 

  1. How did Odin win the runes?
    1. He wounded himself with a spear and hung on a tree for nine nights without eating.
    2. He ordered his prisoners to dig up Valhalla.
    3. He had all the generals gather the spoils of war.

 

  1. What is Odin’s self-sacrifice similar to?
    1. Christ’s  b.  Odysseus’s                     c.  Jason’s

 

 

ODIN, RULER OF THE NORSE GODS

 

  1. What are some of the characteristics of Odin?
    1. He was the god of magic, war, metallurgy and weather
    2. He was the god of ice, frost, snow, storms, science, medicine and war
    3. He as the god of fate, war, healing, magic, runes, death, and knowledge 

 

THE RAGNAROK

 

  1. In the great battle, The Ragnarok, who will humans fight?
    1. The gods and giants           b.  Gods, giants and monsters           c.  other humans

 

  1. What will signal the beginning of Ragnarok?
    1. A battle  b.  3 years of winter             c.  A great fire

 

  1. What will happen when The Ragnarok is over?
    1. The universe will return to a void     b.  The world will be locked in an icecap          c.  the world will begin again

 

THOR AND HIS HAMMER

 

  1. What are some of the characteristics of Thor?
    1. He was the head god responsible for agriculture, science and for making sure the world stayed alive.
    2. He was strong, kind, loving, popular, and the discoverer of the runes.
    3. He was the god of thunder, lightning, weather and cosmological protector of man and gods.

 

  1. Various sources have compared Thor to
    1. Christ, Hercules and Zeus
    2. Odin, Mars and Poseidon
    3. Buddha, Christ, Mohammed and Zeus

 

THOR’S EXPEDITION TO UTGARD

 

  1. Which of the following is the sequence?
    1. Two gods set off on a journey/they visit humans first/they visit dwarves second/they visit giants last/they become friends with everyone
    2. Thor and Loki eat a meal with humans/they sleep in a glove/they join up with a giant/they go to Utgard/they lose at all competitions/they learn why/Utgarda-Loki disappears
    3. Thor and Loki eat a meal with humans/they are given two human children/they hike with a giant/they compete in Norse Games with the giants/they win some and lose some/they return to Asgard with gifts
  2. What do we learn about Thor?
    1. His power is so great he is even feared by fierce giants
    2. He is weak compared to giants and not respected by them
    3. He gives up easily
  3. What is a major lesson we learn from this myth?
    1. Neither god nor man is able to defeat nature
    2. Honesty is the best policy
    3. Arrogance is self-destructive

 

VALHALLA: A WARRIOR’S REWARD

 

  1. What is one motivating factor for Germanic men to go to war?
    1. A promise of dying and going to Valhalla rather than the Underworld
    2. Riches and honor
    3. If they didn’t they were sent to jail

 

  1. What was Valhalla like?
    1.  Fighting during day, feasting at night
    2. Wine, women and song
    3. Sunny home of the gods where humans were treated like gods if they could get there

 

  1. What/Who were Berserkers?
    1. Gifts from Odin:  mead, deer and fire
    2. Savage warriors who became immune to pain during battle, sometimes turning into animals
    3. Odin’s sons, Aeir, Sunir and Veir

 

THOR’S FISHING

 

  1. Thor continually has relationship troubles with the giants.  What might be the best plan to help them?
    1. They should trust each other.  Thor’s biggest problem is that he continually trusts the giant and the giant is always tricking him.  The giants outsmart the gods and this always irritates them.
    2. They should work with each other, not against each other.  Teamwork.  The giant and Thor aren’t honest with each other and don’t develop plans together.  They have different goals and they don’t work together.
    3. They should intermarry.  The gods and the giants hate each other.  If they intermarried they would end up with common interests and a common heritage and get along.