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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 does Kriemhild tell the minister when she is reviling Kriemhild?
(a) That Brunhild yielded to Siegfried.
(b) That Gunther will punish Brunhild.
(c) That Brunhild is only a serving girl.
(d) That Brunhild gave her ring to Siegfried.

2. What messengers go to Burgundy to invite Gunther and his men to visit Kriemhild in Hungary?
(a) Two minstrels with fiddles.
(b) Two diplomats.
(c) Four of the greatest Hungarian warriors.
(d) Four men with swift horses.

3. Who pledges to harm Siegfried or die in the attempt?
(a) Brunhild.
(b) Gunther.
(c) Ortwine.
(d) Hagen.

4. While they are arguing, what evidence does Brunhild provide to Kriemhild that she thinks supports the idea that Siegfried is the vassal of Gunther?
(a) She knows that Gunther's lands are worth more than Siegfried's lands.
(b) She is greeted with more esteem than any other queen because of who her husband is.
(c) She hears Siegfried say that he is Gunther's vassal.
(d) She sees Siegfried hold a stirrup so that Gunther can mount a horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Siegfried tell Gunther before he goes to bring warriors back to Isenstein after the contest between Gunther and Brunhild is over?

2. When Kriemhild dreams repeatedly of home, what brother is in her dream?

3. Who is the member of her new household who is mourning Etzel's first queen?

4. Who counsels the messengers who take Kriemhild's message across the Rhine?

5. Why does Kriemhild baptize her son?

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