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

2. What do the four newlyweds do after mass is sung the morning after the wedding night?
(a) Preside over the wedding feast.
(b) Attend the royal rites and become crowned.
(c) Don festive clothing and dance the customary post-nuptial dance.
(d) Bestow lavish gifts on noble men and women.

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) The blood-feud only involves Siegfried, not his wife.
(c) I command my son to the kind protection of the knights.
(d) None of my kin lives in Nibelungland.

4. While they are arguing, what evidence does Brunhild provide to Kriemhild that she thinks supports the idea that Siegfried is the vassal of Gunther?
(a) She sees Siegfried hold a stirrup so that Gunther can mount a horse.
(b) She knows that Gunther's lands are worth more than Siegfried's lands.
(c) She hears Siegfried say that he is Gunther's vassal.
(d) She is greeted with more esteem than any other queen because of who her husband is.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen if Gunther cannot best Brunhild?

2. How many hounds does Siegfried use in the hunt?

3. Oddly enough, who is sent as a messenger to Uote and Kriemhild at Burgundy after the contest between Gunther and Brunhild?

4. How does Siegfried plan to win the hand of the fair maiden he is wooing?

5. 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?

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