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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 fair maiden of suitable standing does Siegfried decide to woo?
(a) Kriemhild.
(b) Burgardy.
(c) Sieglind.
(d) Etzel.

2. Why is King Etzel concerned that Kriemhild will not marry him?
(a) Because he is a heathen.
(b) Because she will not want to leave her kinsmen.
(c) Because he is so much older than she is.
(d) Because she is still in mourning.

3. What does Volker do, sitting at the threshold below the great door of the hall in Adventure 30?
(a) Fails to stand as Kriemhild approaches.
(b) Places his fiddle-bow across his lap in protest of Kriemhild's words.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Plays a sweet melody to lull many men to sleep.

4. What do the Burgundians do after the battle in the feast hall?
(a) Vow vengeance against the Huns.
(b) Lament the deaths of their warriors.
(c) Burn the dead in funeral pyres.
(d) Throw the Huns' bodies down the stairs.

5. Whom does Hagen say the party must be wary of, after he tells his warriors what he knows?
(a) Gelfrat and Elsy.
(b) Folker.
(c) Brunhild and Gunther.
(d) Gernot and Giselher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Kriemhild and Siegfried behave when they first meet?

2. What oath has Kriemhild taken?

3. What does Rudiger expect to be the outcome if he enters the battle?

4. Of the well-bred men Rudiger's daughter is expected to kiss in greeting, whom does she balk at kissing?

5. Why does Hagen advise Gunther to avoid camping until daybreak?

(see the answer key)

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