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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventure 17, How Siegfried Was Bewailed and Burned.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Hagen put Siegfried's body?
(a) In bed with Kriemhild.
(b) In front of Siegmund's door.
(c) In a coffin.
(d) In front of Kriemhild's door.

3. What does Brunhild give Gunther and his men after she explains the games?
(a) An army of a thousand champions.
(b) A cloud cloak.
(c) Time to consider the consequences.
(d) Her weapons.

4. What does Brunhild want to know when she confronts Siegfried during his visit to Burgundy?
(a) How Kriemhild has treated him as a wife.
(b) Why he named his son after Gunther.
(c) Why he has been lax in his duty to Gunther.
(d) Why he preferred Kriemhild to her.

5. How many warriors do Brunhild and her ladies observe arriving at her fortress?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) Forty.
(c) Four thousand.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kriemhild blame for the death of Siegfried?

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

3. What does Siegmund say to Gunther upon his visit to Worms to visit Gunther and Brunhild?

4. Who is determined to woo Kriemhild?

5. What causes blood to spill anew from Siegfried's corpse while it lies in the cathedral?

(see the answer key)

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