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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventure 19, How the Treasure of the Nibelungers Was Brought to Worms.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Brunhild's reaction when Kriemhild stays in Burgundy after the murder of Siegfried?
(a) She does not know at first that Kriemhild remains.
(b) She hides her reaction.
(c) She does not care that Kriemhild weeps.
(d) She sits pridefully on her throne and plots revenge.

3. What words spoken by Kriemhild pain Siegmund while he is convincing her to return to Siegfried's lands?
(a) My family is loyal to me.
(b) None of my kin lives in Nibelungland.
(c) The blood-feud only involves Siegfried, not his wife.
(d) I command my son to the kind protection of the knights.

4. Whom does Siegfried appoint as commander of the rearguard when he fights Gunther's invaders?
(a) Hagen.
(b) Dankwart.
(c) Ludeger.
(d) Gunther.

5. For how long does Kriemhild lie in mourning?
(a) Nine years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Three-and-a-half years.
(d) Twelve years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Siegfried during the contest between Brunhild and Gunther?

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

3. Where does Kriemhild live?

4. Why does the Lord Treasurer of the Nibelung's treasure go get his keys when he sees the men from the Rhineland?

5. Why does Ortwin suggest to Gunther that he bring out lovely maidens for his guests to see at the festivities in Adventure 5?

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