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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. Whom does Gunther send to Burgundy with news of his imminent arrival?
(a) Brunhild.
(b) Albric.
(c) Siegfried.
(d) Hagen.

2. What happens when Hagen approaches Siegfried's bier?
(a) Siegfried stirs where he is lying.
(b) Siegfried's wounds begin to bleed.
(c) Kriemhild begins to scream at him.
(d) Siegfried's wounds begin to heal.

3. How does Siegfried subdue Brunhild?
(a) He tricks her.
(b) He breaks her bones in a fight.
(c) He convinces her to submit to Gunther.
(d) He seduces her.

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

5. Where is Siegfried during the contest between Brunhild and Gunther?
(a) He is pounding on the gate of Brunhild's fortress.
(b) He is aboard the ship.
(c) He is in the thick of the contest.
(d) He is fighting a giant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What person does Kriemhild notify first after discovering Siegfried's murder?

3. When Siegfried, acting as Gunther's messenger, shows up in Burgundy without Gunther, what does Giselher assume?

4. What does Brunhild give Gunther and his men after she explains the games?

5. What do Siegfried's warriors want to do immediately?

(see the answer key)

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