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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventure 31, How the Knights Went to Church.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Gunther send to Burgundy with news of his imminent arrival?
(a) Siegfried.
(b) Hagen.
(c) Brunhild.
(d) Albric.

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

3. What does Brunhild want to know when she confronts Siegfried during his visit to Burgundy?
(a) Why he named his son after Gunther.
(b) How Kriemhild has treated him as a wife.
(c) Why he preferred Kriemhild to her.
(d) Why he has been lax in his duty to Gunther.

4. What does Volker pledge to Hagen after Hagen and Kriemhild have their first confrontation in Hungary?
(a) To stand by Hagen.
(b) To tell the story of his heroic death, should Kriemhild revenge herself.
(c) To witness to Gunther the treachery of his sister against Hagen.
(d) To fetch one thousand men to stand against Kriemhild's warriors.

5. What do the Huns do at the end of the Midsummer's Eve festivities that is offensive to Volker?
(a) Threaten Giselher.
(b) Thwack Volker with his fiddle-bow.
(c) Bow to Kriemhild.
(d) Jostle the nobles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the festival that the Burgundians are invited to taking place?

2. What oath has Kriemhild taken?

3. What does Kriemhild do, without her husband's knowledge, when her family is invited to the summer festival in Hungary?

4. What does Volker do, sitting at the threshold below the great door of the hall in Adventure 30?

5. What is the name of the sleeping knight?

(see the answer key)

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