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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventure 32, How Bl?del Was Slain.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) The pecking of carrion birds.
(d) Hagen's approach.

3. What messengers go to Burgundy to invite Gunther and his men to visit Kriemhild in Hungary?
(a) Two minstrels with fiddles.
(b) Four of the greatest Hungarian warriors.
(c) Two diplomats.
(d) Four men with swift horses.

4. What does Siegmund ask Kriemhild to do after Siegfried's funeral?
(a) Plot against Brunhild.
(b) Plot against Hagen.
(c) Give Siegfried's lands and property away and live with Siegmund.
(d) Rule over Siegfried's lands.

5. How many warriors go with Siegfried to win the hand of the fair maiden?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hagen answer in response to Kriemhild's question?

2. Who pledges to harm Siegfried or die in the attempt?

3. What will happen if Gunther cannot best Brunhild?

4. How many days of festivities occur before Brunhild and Kriemhild begin quarreling?

5. What does Dankwart tell Hagen when he bursts into the feast hall?

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