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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Brunhild and Kriemhild greet each other the first time they meet?
(a) They curtsey to one another.
(b) They beam brilliant smiles and embrace with tears of joy in their eyes.
(c) They bow silently without making eye contact.
(d) They kiss one another.

2. What happens to Siegfried's treasure when Kriemhild marries Etzel?
(a) It stays with Hagen.
(b) It is distributed to the wedding guests.
(c) It returns to the cave.
(d) It is sunk in the Rhine River.

3. What do the four newlyweds do after mass is sung the morning after the wedding night?
(a) Don festive clothing and dance the customary post-nuptial dance.
(b) Preside over the wedding feast.
(c) Attend the royal rites and become crowned.
(d) Bestow lavish gifts on noble men and women.

4. When is the festival that the Burgundians are invited to taking place?
(a) On Mayday.
(b) Midsummer.
(c) On Easter.
(d) On Michaelmas.

5. Who counsels Kriemhild about the way to approach the king?
(a) Giselher.
(b) Rudeger's wife.
(c) Rudeger.
(d) Gernot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who decides that it is time to bring the Nibelung's treasure to Burgundy?

3. Of what does Kriemhild accuse Brunhild during their argument about their husbands?

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

5. How long does the wedding feast last when Etzel takes Kriemhild as a bride?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Dietrich hears the cry that goes up when Rudeger is killed?

2. What conditions do Kriemhild and Etzel offer Gunther and his men?

3. How does Etzel react to the slaughter of his warriors by Hagen and Volker?

4. Why does Hildebrand slay Kriemhild?

5. How does Dame Uta explain Kriemhild's dream?

6. What does Siegfried hear about Kriemhild?

7. How do Kriemhild's relatives convince her to stay among them when they allowed her beloved husband to be murdered?

8. In Adventure 4, why is Siegfried leading King Gunther's soldiers?

9. How does Etzel's marriage proposal come about?

10. Explain how it comes to pass that Siegfried cannot be wounded, except in one small spot.

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