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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 does Kriemhild's dream foretell will happen to Siegfried on the hunt?
(a) There will be an attempt on his life.
(b) Flowers will drown in blood.
(c) A man will vent his malice on him.
(d) Boars will chase him and gore him to death.

2. Where do Gernot and Giselher take their leave of Kriemhild?
(a) At the Netherland border.
(b) At the Ural mountains.
(c) At the Danube.
(d) At the Rhine.

3. What does King Hagen and his court notice about Siegfried and his warriors?
(a) Their warlike attitude.
(b) Their dazzling and magnificent clothing.
(c) Their boastful attitude.
(d) Their dazzling and magnificent swords.

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

5. What does Kriemhild think about as soon as she sees Siegfried's dead body?
(a) Gunther's weakness in preventing Hagen's assassination.
(b) Hagen's questions about Siegfried's vulnerability.
(c) Brunhild's disdain for her.
(d) Siegfried's reputation among her people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Siegmund announce when Siegfried and Kriemhild arrive in the Netherlands?

3. What happens to Brunhild after she lies with Gunther?

4. After the murder of Siegfried, what does Siegmund want Kriemhild to do?

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

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