3. How many vassals does Kriemhild take with her to the Netherlands?
(a) Thirty-two.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) Eighty-two.
(d) One thousand.

4. Which answer describes Gunther's wedding night?
(a) Brunhild surrenders herself and her lands to him.
(b) Brunhild refuses to see Gunther after the wedding.
(c) Brunhild escapes from Burgundy before the wedding.
(d) Brunhild ties him up and hangs him from a peg.

5. What does Kriemhild give to Siegfried's men?
(a) Siegfried's lands.
(b) Brunhild's girdle.
(c) Brunhild's ring.
(d) Her infant son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Siegfried appoint as commander of the rearguard when he fights Gunther's invaders?

2. What does King Hagen and his court notice about Siegfried and his warriors?

3. What does Brunhild want to know when she confronts Siegfried during his visit to Burgundy?

4. Of what does Kriemhild accuse Brunhild during their argument about their husbands?

5. What does Kriemhild decide to do after Siegmund asks her to return with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name three honorable acts that Iring performs.

2. How does Kriemhild feel about getting married one day?

3. What gifts are exchanged upon Folker's engagement to Rudeger's daughter?

4. Where does Siegfried go and with whom does he fight when he goes to raise a thousand soldiers to protect Gunther, Dancwart, and Hagen after Gunther has supposedly bested Brunhild in the contest of strength?

5. How does Hagen get the party across the flood-swollen Danube?

6. Describe the test of innocence that Kriemhild demands of the men she deems guilty of her husband's murder.

7. What conditions do Gunther's men ask for after the fighting in the feast hall dies down?

8. What is Siegfried more interested in than ruling as king, and why?

9. What theme is established in Bloedelin's death?

10. How does Kriemhild end up being killed?

(see the answer keys)

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