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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventures 21 and 22, How Kriemhild Departed and How the Huns Received Kriemhild.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who counsels Kriemhild about the way to approach the king?
(a) Rudeger.
(b) Giselher.
(c) Rudeger's wife.
(d) Gernot.

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

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

5. What happens to Siegfried's treasure when Kriemhild marries Etzel?
(a) It is sunk in the Rhine River.
(b) It stays with Hagen.
(c) It returns to the cave.
(d) It is distributed to the wedding guests.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Kriemhild tell the minister when she is reviling Kriemhild?

4. Where does Kriemhild lodge on her way to Etzel?

5. Whom does Siegfried appoint as commander of the rearguard when he fights Gunther's invaders?

(see the answer key)

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