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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. What causes blood to spill anew from Siegfried's corpse while it lies in the cathedral?
(a) The pecking of carrion birds.
(b) Hagen's approach.
(c) Flesh-eating peregrine falcons.
(d) All answers are correct.

2. What person does Kriemhild notify first after discovering Siegfried's murder?
(a) Brunhild.
(b) Gunther.
(c) Siegmund.
(d) Uote.

3. What oath has Kriemhild taken?
(a) Never to speak.
(b) Not to rest until she has avenged the death of her father.
(c) Never to marry.
(d) Not to marry a foreigner.

4. What fair maiden of suitable standing does Siegfried decide to woo?
(a) Etzel.
(b) Kriemhild.
(c) Burgardy.
(d) Sieglind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long do the feasts and festivals continue while Siegfried and Kriemhild are in Burgundy?

2. How does Siegfried plan to win the hand of the fair maiden he is wooing?

3. What happens to Brunhild after she lies with Gunther?

4. What comment of Kriemhild's sets off the quarrel between herself and Brunhild?

5. What does Brunhild and her ladies observe Siegfried do for Gunther that is designed to make Gunther look more kingly?

(see the answer key)

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