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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventure 35, How Iring Was Slain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes blood to spill anew from Siegfried's corpse while it lies in the cathedral?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Flesh-eating peregrine falcons.
(c) Hagen's approach.
(d) The pecking of carrion birds.

2. How many fair ladies accompany Uote and Kriemhild when Siegfried first sees Kriemhild?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Fifty.

3. Why does Hagen not want to go with Siegfried and Kriemhild?
(a) He was engaged to a woman in Burgundy.
(b) He has always served in Gunther's lands.
(c) He is afraid to live in the Netherlands.
(d) He does not want to leave his family behind.

4. What does Dame Uta give to the messenger who brings news of Gunther's safe return?
(a) Twenty-four gold bracelets.
(b) A wedding feast.
(c) Large swaths of territory.
(d) A gift of serving women.

5. How many warriors does Kriemhild gather in order to kill Hagen?
(a) A thousand.
(b) A hundred.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Four hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hagen do with the Nibelungers' treasure?

2. Who makes the clothing that Gunther wears to meet Brunhild?

3. What does Kriemhild do to the hall in which six hundred Burgundians are trapped?

4. How many men does Kriemhild take with her to Burgundy?

5. Where does Hagen put Siegfried's body?

(see the answer key)

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