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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventure 13, How They Went to the Festival | Adventure 14, How the Two Queens Reviled One Another.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Brunhild upset by Gunther's engagement of Kriemhild and Siegfried?
(a) She resented Kriemhild's beauty.
(b) She wanted Siegfried herself.
(c) She thinks that Siegfried is a lowly messenger.
(d) She thinks that Siegfried is too good for Kriemhild.

2. What happens to Brunhild after she lies with Gunther?
(a) She resigns her anger.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) She loses her vast strength.
(d) She resigns her maiden shame.

3. Whose position does Kriemhild assume after she and Siegfried have been married for ten years?
(a) Hadburg's.
(b) Brunhild's.
(c) Lady Sieglind's.
(d) Dame Uta's.

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

5. Who greets Siegfried when he arrives at King Gunther's castle?
(a) Brunhild.
(b) Kriemhild.
(c) Hagen.
(d) Siegmund.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pledges to harm Siegfried or die in the attempt?

2. Why does Siegfried gather an army of a thousand Nibelungers?

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

4. At the end of the chapter in which Kriemhild and Siegfried meet, what does the poet say the love of a beautiful woman leads to?

5. Who is Kriemhild's father?

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