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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. When Siegfried, acting as Gunther's messenger, shows up in Burgundy without Gunther, what does Giselher assume?
(a) That Gunther has lost their lands in a contest with Brunhild.
(b) That Gunther is dead.
(c) That Gunther is married.
(d) That Siegfried marries Brunhild instead of Gunther.

2. Oddly enough, who is sent as a messenger to Uote and Kriemhild at Burgundy after the contest between Gunther and Brunhild?
(a) Siegfried.
(b) Hagen.
(c) Ortwin.
(d) Dancrat.

3. At the family counsel, who amongst them does not want Kriemhild to marry Etzel?
(a) Gunther and Hagen.
(b) Giselher.
(c) Hagen.
(d) Gernot.

4. Who is pleased to house Gunther and his group on their way to Hungary?
(a) Eckewart.
(b) Gelpfrat.
(c) Rudiger.
(d) Else.

5. What happens when a Hun is killed in the tournament?
(a) Kriemhild convinces her husband to banish the visitors.
(b) A bloody battle begins.
(c) One of Kriemhild's men stabs Hagen.
(d) Etzel proclaims it an accident and says the death will not be avenged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Hagen say the party must be wary of, after he tells his warriors what he knows?

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

3. Why does Siegfried gather an army of a thousand Nibelungers?

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

5. How long do Kriemhild and the Nibelungers keep watch over Siegfried's body?

(see the answer key)

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