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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kriemhild live?
(a) Burgundy.
(b) Isenstein.
(c) Denmark.
(d) The Netherlands.

2. What is Kriemhild's dream about?
(a) The fate of an eagle.
(b) The fate of a mare.
(c) The fate of a falcon.
(d) The fate of a stallion.

3. What causes blood to spill anew from Siegfried's corpse while it lies in the cathedral?
(a) The pecking of carrion birds.
(b) Flesh-eating peregrine falcons.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Hagen's approach.

4. How does Siegfried subdue Brunhild?
(a) He seduces her.
(b) He tricks her.
(c) He convinces her to submit to Gunther.
(d) He breaks her bones in a fight.

5. What do Hagen and Gunther propose to hunt for with Siegfried?
(a) Bear, boar, and wild bull.
(b) Wild boar and wolves.
(c) Buried treasure.
(d) Geese and cranes.

6. What social rank does Liudegast hold?
(a) He is a count.
(b) He is a king.
(c) He is a commoner.
(d) He is a knight.

7. What does Hagen do with the Nibelungers' treasure?
(a) Steals it for himself.
(b) Throws it in the Rhine River.
(c) Manages it for Kriemhild.
(d) Distributes it to the poor.

8. When Siegfried tells Kriemhild that it is time to go back to the Netherlands, what does she want to do before they leave?
(a) Get to know her new dear sister, Brunhild.
(b) Have a new wardrobe of rich gowns constructed.
(c) Spend time with her mother, Uote
(d) Divide lands between herself and her brothers.

9. What secret does Hagen elicit from Kriemhild?
(a) Siegfried's vulnerability.
(b) Brunhild's power.
(c) Gunther's weakness.
(d) Siegfried's cloud-cloak.

10. How long does Kriemhild go without speaking to Gunther after Siegfried dies?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Three-and-one-half years.
(d) Two-and-one-half years.

11. What does Kriemhild do, without her husband's knowledge, when her family is invited to the summer festival in Hungary?
(a) Give treasure to the messengers to use to adorn Siegfried's grave.
(b) Take an additional messenger with them to persuade her brothers to come to Hungary.
(c) Have a secret meeting with the messengers in her apartments.
(d) Give treasure to the messengers for them to give to Giselher.

12. Whom does Kriemhild refuse to pardon?
(a) Albric.
(b) Gunther's men.
(c) Hagen.
(d) Gunther.

13. What do Siegfried's warriors want to do immediately?
(a) Fetch a minister to administer last rites.
(b) Fight Gunther's warriors.
(c) Bear his body to the cathedral.
(d) Avenge Siegfried's death.

14. Whom does Siegfried appoint as commander of the rearguard when he fights Gunther's invaders?
(a) Hagen.
(b) Dankwart.
(c) Ludeger.
(d) Gunther.

15. How does Gunther answer Kriemhild's messengers?
(a) He will confer with his friends and answer.
(b) He will send Gernot and Giselher but not Hagen.
(c) He will not allow anyone to go.
(d) He will answer her after the tournament.

Short Answer Questions

1. What person does Kriemhild notify first after discovering Siegfried's murder?

2. When is the festival that the Burgundians are invited to taking place?

3. Who convinces Kriemhild to do what she does in response to Siegmund's request?

4. What is Folker's role in the negotiations between Etzel's messengers and Gunther's men?

5. What blood relative consoles Kriemhild in Burgundy after the death of Siegfried?

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