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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gudrun add to Atli's ale?
(a) Mucus.
(b) Snake venom.
(c) Blood.
(d) Hemlock.

3. Gudrun is, at first, unable to do which of the following after Sigurd dies?
(a) Walk.
(b) Cry.
(c) Sing.
(d) Fight.

4. Hamdir predicts that he will die in the land of which people?
(a) Norns.
(b) Huns.
(c) Niflungs.
(d) Goths.

5. Which of the following was not involved in the blood oath?
(a) Hogni.
(b) Gunnar.
(c) Sigurd.
(d) Guthorm.

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

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

8. Who does Gudrun summon?
(a) Herkia.
(b) Saxi.
(c) Tyr.
(d) Thora.

9. Who had been taking care of the girl?
(a) Volgrmund.
(b) Thrym.
(c) Vilmund.
(d) Geirrod.

10. Who else is involved in the accusation?
(a) Sinfiotli.
(b) Thrym.
(c) Thiodrek.
(d) Gunnar.

11. What happens to the giantess at the end of the poem?
(a) She dies.
(b) She sinks.
(c) She sleeps.
(d) She allows Brynhild to pass.

12. In which country did the girls march?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Norway.
(d) France.

13. What is Gudrun's mother's name?
(a) Grimhild.
(b) Valkyrie.
(c) Brynhild.
(d) Frigg.

14. How long did Gudrun stay at Half's Hall?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 7.5 years.
(d) 3.5 years.

15. Freyia is interested in discussing which topic?
(a) Weather.
(b) Lineage.
(c) Spells.
(d) Battles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the forest promised to Gunnar and Hogni?

2. What is the name of the messenger sent to Gunnar's hall?

3. Who is the girl's father?

4. How many brothers has Giaflaug lost?

5. Which king has lost most of his men?

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