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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 do Siegfried's men do after Kriemhild responds to Siegmund's request?
(a) Go out on a hunting party.
(b) Hold a tournament to choose a new leader.
(c) Set out to avenge Siegfried's death.
(d) Travel with Kriemhild back to Burgundy.

2. After the murder of Siegfried, what does Siegmund want Kriemhild to do?
(a) Raise Siegfried's son.
(b) Know that she is cherished by himself, Siegfried's men and people.
(c) Rule over Siegfried's realm.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. Who leads King Gunther's group through the country on the other side of the Danube?
(a) Hagen.
(b) The minstrels.
(c) Gelpfrat.
(d) Volker.

4. Why does Kriemhild baptize her son?
(a) Because she is queen of a Christian country.
(b) Because her husband is not religious.
(c) Because her husband is not Christian.
(d) Because her kin will never accept an unbaptized child as their own.

5. In whom does Kriemhild take comfort as she makes her decision about where to live?
(a) Hagen.
(b) Giselher.
(c) Gunther.
(d) Gernot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brunhild want to know when she confronts Siegfried during his visit to Burgundy?

2. What is the name of Kriemhild's child?

3. How does Brunhild greet Kriemhild when Siegfried and Kriemhild arrive in Burgundy?

4. Who escorts the Nibelungs from Worms on their return to their own lands after the murder of Siegfried?

5. Whom does Hagen say the party must be wary of, after he tells his warriors what he knows?

(see the answer key)

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