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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rudeger tell Hagen and his men when they pass into his territory?
(a) That they should stay with him and fight Etzel with him
(b) That he will take care of them while they are in his territory.
(c) That he will kill them if they are not out of his territory by sundown.
(d) That they need to flee for their lives.

2. What does Rudiger expect to be the outcome if he enters the battle?
(a) Rudiger expects all his men to die.
(b) Rudiger expects to die.
(c) Rudiger expects Kriemhild to extend mercy to her brothers.
(d) Rudiger expects Etzel to find a noble husband for his daughter.

3. What scene in Adventure 32 repeats a scene from a previous adventure?
(a) The men dressing for battle.
(b) The men removing themselves from battle.
(c) The men preparing for a jousting match.
(d) The men jostling each other.

4. What does Dietrich tell Hagen's men when they arrive?
(a) That they are welcome in Etzel's palace.
(b) That Kriemhild plans to kill them.
(c) That they should leave immediately.
(d) That Kriemhild still mourns Siegfried.

5. What does Volker pledge to Hagen after Hagen and Kriemhild have their first confrontation in Hungary?
(a) To tell the story of his heroic death, should Kriemhild revenge herself.
(b) To stand by Hagen.
(c) To fetch one thousand men to stand against Kriemhild's warriors.
(d) To witness to Gunther the treachery of his sister against Hagen.

6. What do the Burgundians do after the battle in the feast hall?
(a) Throw the Huns' bodies down the stairs.
(b) Vow vengeance against the Huns.
(c) Burn the dead in funeral pyres.
(d) Lament the deaths of their warriors.

7. What causes the increasing tension between the Huns and the Burgundians?
(a) They jostle each other in the doorway to the church.
(b) They threaten each other in the night.
(c) They insult each other after the tournament.
(d) They parade the murdered Hun and his family.

8. What does Hagen do to upset Kriemhild in front of the four hundred warriors she intends to use to attack Hagen and Volker?
(a) He refuses to look at her while she is addressing him.
(b) He places the sword of her slain husband on his lap.
(c) He throws gold coins at her feet.
(d) He turns his back to her while she is speaking.

9. Why does Rudiger urge the Burgundians to stay with him for four days on their journey to Hungary?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) He can afford to feed and house the warriors and is a generous man.
(c) He is stalling.
(d) He is doing Kriemhild's bidding.

10. What is the name of the sleeping knight?
(a) Folker.
(b) Gotelind.
(c) Eckewart.
(d) Dankwart.

11. At whose hands does Iring die?
(a) Hagen's.
(b) Volker's.
(c) Gunther's.
(d) Giselher's.

12. What does Dietrich overhear Hagen and Gunther saying about him in Adventure 39?
(a) Hagen will surrender to Dietrich.
(b) Gunther will negotiate their release with Dietrich.
(c) Hagen will take on Dietrich in single combat.
(d) Gunther and Hagen will slay Dietrich together.

13. Who is credited with fighting a good fight in Adventure 35, besides Hagen and Volker?
(a) Gernot and Giselher.
(b) Gernot.
(c) Gunther and Iring.
(d) Giselher.

14. What does Kriemhild do to the hall in which six hundred Burgundians are trapped?
(a) Pour hot oil through the roof.
(b) Set it on fire.
(c) Use a battering ram on the door.
(d) Shoot flaming arrows at the roof.

15. What does Giselher suggest needs to be done with the bodies of the dead in the palace, once the fighting temporarily ceases?
(a) Carry the dead from the palace.
(b) Bury the dead bodies.
(c) Throw the dead bodies into the moat.
(d) Burn the dead bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hildebrand allow all of Dietrich's knights to accompany him to find out about the lamenting?

2. How long do Gunther and his men stay with Rudeger?

3. Why does Kriemhild cry out after the Burgundians retreat?

4. According to the fairies, how many Burgundians will survive the trip to Hungary for the festival?

5. What does the party discover in the morning after traveling all night?

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