Nibelungenlied Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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Nibelungenlied Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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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 Ortwin suggest to Gunther that he bring out lovely maidens for his guests to see at the festivities in Adventure 5?
(a) Because he wants an excuse for Siegfried to meet Kriemhild.
(b) Because he has spent much gold attiring the maidens of Burgundy.
(c) Because they will entice warriors to outdo each other in the festivities.
(d) Because he wants to appease the warriors' demands.

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

3. What occasion causes Etzel to seek Kriemhild's hand in marriage?
(a) Etzel wanted to take a second wife.
(b) Etzel's wife died.
(c) Etzel came of age.
(d) Etzel had just been made king.

4. Of what does Kriemhild accuse Brunhild during their argument about their husbands?
(a) Being the paramour of a king.
(b) Hiding a former romantic relationship with Siegfried.
(c) Stealing a gold ring that Siegfried gives to her on her wedding night.
(d) Stealing a girdle that Siegfried gives to her on their wedding night.

5. What comment of Kriemhild's sets off the quarrel between herself and Brunhild?
(a) My husband is so mighty that he might rule over all kingdoms.
(b) My husband is the ruler of all kingdoms in the land.
(c) Your husband is a great king, but no man is equal to my husband.
(d) Your husband will never have dominion over all kingdoms as long as my husband is alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen if Gunther cannot best Brunhild?

2. What social rank does Liudegast hold?

3. How long does the wedding feast last when Etzel takes Kriemhild as a bride?

4. How long does Kriemhild go without speaking to Gunther after Siegfried dies?

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

(see the answer key)

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