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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. Who does not join the mourners at the cathedral?
(a) Gunther.
(b) Hagen.
(c) The people of Burgundy.
(d) All answers are incorrect.

2. What does Siegfried tell Gunther before he goes to bring warriors back to Isenstein after the contest between Gunther and Brunhild is over?
(a) Do not fear Brunhild.
(b) Remember you promised that I will marry your sister.
(c) Tell Brunhild it is your idea that I go.
(d) I will be back in a fortnight.

3. Which answer describes Gunther's wedding night?
(a) Brunhild ties him up and hangs him from a peg.
(b) Brunhild surrenders herself and her lands to him.
(c) Brunhild escapes from Burgundy before the wedding.
(d) Brunhild refuses to see Gunther after the wedding.

4. How does Siegfried plan to win the hand of the fair maiden he is wooing?
(a) He plans to take her by force, if necessary.
(b) He plans to dazzle her with his fine clothing.
(c) He plans to pretend he is penniless and win her heart first.
(d) He plans to kidnap her and force her to marry him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Siegfried appoint as commander of the rearguard when he fights Gunther's invaders?

2. Whom does Gunther send to Burgundy with news of his imminent arrival?

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

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

5. What oath has Kriemhild taken?

(see the answer key)

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