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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventure 28, How Kriemhild Received Hagen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret does Hagen elicit from Kriemhild?
(a) Gunther's weakness.
(b) Siegfried's cloud-cloak.
(c) Siegfried's vulnerability.
(d) Brunhild's power.

2. Who is pleased to house Gunther and his group on their way to Hungary?
(a) Rudiger.
(b) Gelpfrat.
(c) Else.
(d) Eckewart.

3. Who offers to go with Siegfried to visit Gunther and Brunhild?
(a) Siegmund.
(b) Gere.
(c) Kriemhild.
(d) Uote.

4. What does Siegmund announce when Siegfried and Kriemhild arrive in the Netherlands?
(a) That Siegfried and Kriemhild will marry.
(b) That Kriemhild has given birth to a boy named Gunther.
(c) That Siegfried is king of the Netherlanders.
(d) That Brunhild has given birth to a boy named Siegfried.

5. What is Folker's role in the negotiations between Etzel's messengers and Gunther's men?
(a) He misleads the messengers so Hagen can deceive them.
(b) He gives the messengers gifts and placates them.
(c) He prevents the messengers speaking to the queen.
(d) He gives them access to everyone they wanted to speak with.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Siegmund ask Kriemhild to do after Siegfried's funeral?

3. From whom does Siegfried win the cloud-cloak?

4. The poet warns the reader that the sword Gernot receives from Rudiger is used later for what purpose?

5. What does Gunther tell Brunhild at first when she wishes for him to invite his sister and her husband to visit them?

(see the answer key)

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