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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventure 26, How Dankwart Slew Gelfrat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words spoken by Kriemhild pain Siegmund while he is convincing her to return to Siegfried's lands?
(a) The blood-feud only involves Siegfried, not his wife.
(b) My family is loyal to me.
(c) None of my kin lives in Nibelungland.
(d) I command my son to the kind protection of the knights.

2. Why does Siegfried gather an army of a thousand Nibelungers?
(a) To take them back to Burgundy with him and Gunther.
(b) To dissuade Brunhild from delaying her marriage to Gunther.
(c) To take Brunhild's wealth back to Burgundy safely.
(d) To lay siege to Brunhild's territories.

3. How soon does Kriemhild produce a son and heir to Etzel's throne?
(a) Four years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) One year.

4. What does Gelfrat want from Hagen's men?
(a) He wants to escort them safely through his lands.
(b) He wants justice for the slain ferryman.
(c) He wants them to pass a message to Etzel.
(d) He wants them to pass a message to Gunther.

5. Who is Albric?
(a) He is the wise man whom Gunther consults.
(b) He is the protector of the Nibelungers' gold.
(c) He is the jester at Brunhild's court.
(d) He is Siegfried's courtier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What favor does Kriemhild ask of Etzel?

2. What items are needed for the contest between Brunhild and Gunther?

3. What does Kriemhild do, without her husband's knowledge, when her family is invited to the summer festival in Hungary?

4. Who does Hagen displease by murdering the ferryman?

5. What is Brunhild's reaction when Kriemhild stays in Burgundy after the murder of Siegfried?

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