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

2. What advice does Ortwine give King Gunther?
(a) Kill the captive kings in front of the gathered crowd.
(b) Let the captured kings return home in safety, with gifts.
(c) Kill Siegfried before he can plot against the kingdom.
(d) Bring out all the fair damsels to inspire men to fight hard in the tournament.

3. Why is King Etzel concerned that Kriemhild will not marry him?
(a) Because he is a heathen.
(b) Because she is still in mourning.
(c) Because she will not want to leave her kinsmen.
(d) Because he is so much older than she is.

4. What does Kriemhild give to Siegfried's men?
(a) Brunhild's girdle.
(b) Siegfried's lands.
(c) Her infant son.
(d) Brunhild's ring.

5. To whom does Kriemhild become attached while in Pochlarn?
(a) Lady Gotelind.
(b) The wife of Rudinger.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) The daughter of the Margrave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to go with Siegfried to visit Gunther and Brunhild?

2. Who wants Gunther and Kriemhild to start speaking again after Siegfried dies?

3. What is Brunhild's reaction when Kriemhild stays in Burgundy after the murder of Siegfried?

4. What does Siegfried tell Gunther before he goes to bring warriors back to Isenstein after the contest between Gunther and Brunhild is over?

5. How many men come to Kriemhild with the marriage proposal?

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