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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. Why does Dame Uta tell Gunther's messengers what she tells them?
(a) She dreamed that there would be a famine.
(b) She dreamed that two hawks would kill a falcon.
(c) She dreamed that the Huns would wage war on them.
(d) She dreamed that all the birds in the land died.

2. How many princes accompanied King Etzel to meet Kriemhild?
(a) A thousand.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) A hundred.
(d) Fifty.

3. Whom does Kriemhild refuse to pardon?
(a) Gunther's men.
(b) Gunther.
(c) Albric.
(d) Hagen.

4. What maiden grew up of high lineage and is so fair that none in any land could be fairer?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Kriemhild.
(c) Brunhild.
(d) Uote.

5. How does Siegfried plan to win the hand of the fair maiden he is wooing?
(a) He plans to take her by force, if necessary.
(b) He plans to pretend he is penniless and win her heart first.
(c) He plans to dazzle her with his fine clothing.
(d) He plans to kidnap her and force her to marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rudiger urge the Burgundians to stay with him for four days on their journey to Hungary?

2. How many men come to Kriemhild with the marriage proposal?

3. Who decides that it is time to bring the Nibelung's treasure to Burgundy?

4. How many dead bodies are removed from the palace at Giselher's suggestion?

5. What items are needed for the contest between Brunhild and Gunther?

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