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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hagen explain his men's dress to Etzel?
(a) He tells Etzel that his party was attacked in the night.
(b) He tells Etzel that Kriemhild has tried to kill him before.
(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.

2. Why does Hagen advise Gunther to avoid camping until daybreak?
(a) Because he fears a repeat attack by the ferryman's lord.
(b) Because the land is mountainous.
(c) Because there is a village ahead with comfortable beds.
(d) Because he wants to put distance between himself and the priest.

3. What do the Huns do at the end of the Midsummer's Eve festivities that is offensive to Volker?
(a) Thwack Volker with his fiddle-bow.
(b) Jostle the nobles.
(c) Bow to Kriemhild.
(d) Threaten Giselher.

4. What does Rudeger ask Dietrich to do when he rides into the courtyard?
(a) To finish off the Burgundians.
(b) To try to change Etzel's mind.
(c) To negotiate peace with Kriemhild.
(d) To help him kill Hagen.

5. What does Dietrich say as he dons his mailcoat and shield?
(a) He laments the warlike nature of men.
(b) He lets out a loud moan of grief.
(c) He curses the bloodlust that started this fight.
(d) He laments the vengeful nature of women.

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

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

8. What does Dietrich think when he hears the crying over Rudeger's death?
(a) That Hagen has been killed.
(b) That the Burgundians have been killed at last.
(c) That he is about to be killed.
(d) That Etzel and Kriemhild have been killed.

9. Of the well-bred men Rudiger's daughter is expected to kiss in greeting, whom does she balk at kissing?
(a) Hagen.
(b) Giselher.
(c) Danewart.
(d) Volker.

10. Who is considered to have the greatest power under Etzel?
(a) Ortlieb.
(b) Rudiger.
(c) Bloedelin.
(d) Dietrich.

11. Why does Kriemhild advise Hunnish warriors not to allow the three kings to leave the hall?
(a) They will join with armies from other foreign lands and more Hunnish lives will be lost.
(b) No answer is correct.
(c) They will escape.
(d) They will revive and slaughter more Hunnish lives will be lost.

12. At what location does Hagen taunt Kriemhild with the sword of her slain husband?
(a) The vast field where Etzel's tournaments are held.
(b) Etzel's court.
(c) Rudiger's home.
(d) Kriemhild's palace.

13. Whom does Rudiger's daughter take by the hand when she first meets him?
(a) Giselher.
(b) Danewart.
(c) Hagen.
(d) Volker.

14. Which Burgundians is Iring unable to defeat?
(a) Volker, Gunther, and Gernot.
(b) Hagen, Volker, Gunther, and Gernot.
(c) Gunther and Gernot.
(d) Hagen and Volker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kriemhild ask her warriors to bring her after the battle in the feast hall?

2. Whom does Hagen encounter at the Danube?

3. What does Hagen tell the warriors once they have crossed the Danube?

4. Who prevents the tensions between the Huns and Burgundians from rising?

5. Who vows to keep watch over Gunther's sleeping men?

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