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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. How does Brunhild greet Kriemhild when Siegfried and Kriemhild arrive in Burgundy?
(a) She tries to kill Kriemhild.
(b) She is not tender or true.
(c) She greets Kriemhild with pomp and grace.
(d) She greets Kriemhild with false praises.

2. Why does Hagen not want to go with Siegfried and Kriemhild?
(a) He has always served in Gunther's lands.
(b) He is afraid to live in the Netherlands.
(c) He was engaged to a woman in Burgundy.
(d) He does not want to leave his family behind.

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

4. What items are needed for the contest between Brunhild and Gunther?
(a) A stone, a rock, and a sword.
(b) A rock, a sandpit, and a spear.
(c) A spear and a stone.
(d) A rock, a spear, and a sword.

5. What will happen if Gunther cannot best Brunhild?
(a) Gunther alone will be killed.
(b) Brunhild will take all of Gunther's lands.
(c) Gunther and his three courtiers will all die.
(d) Brunhild will give Gunther another chance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Kriemhild and Siegfried behave when they first meet?

2. Who is Albric?

3. What does Gunther tell Brunhild at first when she wishes for him to invite his sister and her husband to visit them?

4. What advice does Ortwine give King Gunther?

5. Who is guarding the Nibelungers' land when Siegfried arrives?

(see the answer key)

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