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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. Why is there much pushing and shoving as the Huns and the Burgundians enter the church?
(a) Etzel and Kriemhild refuse to stand aside so all may enter easily.
(b) Tempers are roused and jostling is natural.
(c) Hagen and Volker refuse to stand aside so all may enter easily.
(d) No answer is correct.

2. How do Kriemhild and Siegfried behave when they first meet?
(a) Kriemhild is too shy to look at Siegfried, who is disappointed.
(b) They exchange tender looks in secret.
(c) They convey their mutual enmity.
(d) It is obvious to the court that they fall in love at first sight.

3. Who stands alone amid his enemies in Adventure 32?
(a) Dancrat.
(b) Bloedelin.
(c) Hagen.
(d) Aldrian.

4. How long do Kriemhild and the Nibelungers keep watch over Siegfried's body?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Seven days.

5. Who first notices the armed men at the front of the hall in which Gunther is sleeping after the Midsummer Eve's festivities?
(a) Gunther.
(b) Giselher.
(c) Volker.
(d) Hagen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Hagen's men outfit themselves when they wake after the feast in Etzel's stronghold?

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

3. Who stands guard over Gunther, his brothers, and the other nobles after the Midsummer's Eve festivities?

4. Oddly enough, who is sent as a messenger to Uote and Kriemhild at Burgundy after the contest between Gunther and Brunhild?

5. Why does Kriemhild baptize her son?

(see the answer key)

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