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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventure 32, How Bl?del Was Slain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is guarding the Nibelungers' land when Siegfried arrives?
(a) Brunhild.
(b) Hagen.
(c) A giant.
(d) A dwarf, Albric.

2. What do Siegfried's warriors want to do immediately?
(a) Fight Gunther's warriors.
(b) Fetch a minister to administer last rites.
(c) Bear his body to the cathedral.
(d) Avenge Siegfried's death.

3. What further insult does Hagen reign upon Siegfried's lifeless body after they bring it back to the fortress?
(a) He sets the body down on the threshold of Kriemhild's apartment.
(b) He covers the body in mud and muck.
(c) He leaves the body with the horses.
(d) He curses over the body by moonlight.

4. How is Kriemhild convinced to marry Etzel?
(a) Etzel is handsome and strong.
(b) It will help her avenge Siegfried's murder.
(c) It will help her forget Siegfried.
(d) Etzel is rich and powerful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kriemhild most interested in getting onto Hungarian land to attend King Etzel's summer festival?

2. At what location does Hagen taunt Kriemhild with the sword of her slain husband?

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

4. Who is the Fiddler, whom Kriemhild's warriors fear?

5. Who does not join the mourners at the cathedral?

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