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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adventure 31, How the Knights Went to Church.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kriemhild's dream foretell will happen to Siegfried on the hunt?
(a) Boars will chase him and gore him to death.
(b) A man will vent his malice on him.
(c) Flowers will drown in blood.
(d) There will be an attempt on his life.

2. How does Hagen explain his men's dress to Etzel?
(a) He tells Etzel that Kriemhild has tried to kill him before.
(b) He tells Etzel that his party was attacked in the night.
(c) He says it is their custom to dress for battle for three days in any new territory.
(d) He says that he knows about Kriemhild's plans to kill them.

3. What does Hagen do with the ferry?
(a) He destroys it after ferrying the party across.
(b) He bribes the ferryman not to bring any other warriors across.
(c) He leaves his men in charge of it.
(d) He hides it in the bushes so no one will follow them.

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

5. Why does the ferryman refuse to take Hagen across the river?
(a) Hagen refuses to pay him.
(b) He considers Hagen an imposter.
(c) He does not ferry strangers.
(d) He considers himself above ferrying commoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kriemhild blame for the death of Siegfried?

2. Who fears for the safety of Gunther's men?

3. What secret does Hagen elicit from Kriemhild?

4. Which brothers accompany Kriemhild on her journey to meet her new husband, Etzel?

5. Whom does Gunther point to when Siegfried tells him to choose his wife from the women who watch them arrive in Brunhild's lands?

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