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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what crime is Gudrun accused?
(a) Slaying her own child.
(b) Being a witch.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Being unfaithful.

2. What is the name of the maid summoned by Gudrun?
(a) Saxi.
(b) Svava.
(c) Aylia.
(d) Sigrdrifa.

3. Who is the first couple Rig encounters?
(a) Great-grandmother and Great-grandfather.
(b) Grandmother and Grandfather.
(c) Mother and Father.
(d) Farmer and Wife.

4. Where does Hyndla sleep?
(a) Underwater.
(b) Bed.
(c) Tree.
(d) Cave.

5. Sigurd's death leaves Gudrun feeling smaller than which object?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Mole.
(c) Pebble.
(d) Leaf.

6. What magic item is to be operated by the slave girls?
(a) Spinning wheel.
(b) Cauldron.
(c) Sword.
(d) Grindstone.

7. What will Brynhild do if her husband does not kill Sigurd?
(a) Slay him.
(b) Return to her kin.
(c) Drink poison.
(d) Die.

8. Hyndla belongs to what people?
(a) Giants.
(b) Gods.
(c) ZHsir.
(d) Niflungs.

9. Which king has lost most of his men?
(a) Atli.
(b) Gunnar.
(c) Fafnir.
(d) Thiodrek.

10. How did the queen's parents die?
(a) Burned to death.
(b) Impaled.
(c) Drowned.
(d) Captured and tortured by the Niflungs.

11. Of which gift is Hogni suspicious?
(a) Ring.
(b) Flute.
(c) Mail.
(d) Horn.

12. Odin tells the woman that she is the mother to three what?
(a) Ogres.
(b) Trolls.
(c) Goblins.
(d) Dwarves.

13. How was Svanhild killed?
(a) Hanged in the gallows.
(b) Trampled by horses.
(c) Drawn and quartered.
(d) Drowned.

14. Who tells Atli of Gudrun's supposed indiscretion?
(a) Saxi.
(b) Gudrun.
(c) Grimild.
(d) Herkia.

15. What is Atli's payment for his misdeeds?
(a) Torture.
(b) Dismemberment.
(c) Sleeping spell.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is not one of Gudrun's sons?

2. In which direction does the sign of impending war appear?

3. What surrounds the gift?

4. Ottar and which other character have wagered foreign gold?

5. Who else is involved in the accusation?

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