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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventure 28, How Kriemhild Received Hagen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many men come to Kriemhild with the marriage proposal?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Four.

3. What does the party discover in the morning after traveling all night?
(a) The body of the slain ferryman.
(b) Hagen's treasonous murder of Siegfried.
(c) The treasure of the Nibelungs.
(d) Dankwart and Hagen's bloody weapons.

4. What lady meets Kriemhild, at the request of Rudinger?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Lady Gotelind.
(c) The wife of Rudinger.
(d) The Margravine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Brunhild after she lies with Gunther?

2. At the end of the chapter in which Kriemhild and Siegfried meet, what does the poet say the love of a beautiful woman leads to?

3. What is the name of Kriemhild's child?

4. During what part of the year is Siegfried knighted?

5. What does Dame Uta give to the messenger who brings news of Gunther's safe return?

(see the answer key)

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