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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Siegfried subdue Brunhild?
(a) He breaks her bones in a fight.
(b) He seduces her.
(c) He tricks her.
(d) He convinces her to submit to Gunther.

2. What maiden grew up of high lineage and is so fair that none in any land could be fairer?
(a) Kriemhild.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Brunhild.
(d) Uote.

3. With what men does Siegfried plan to defeat Liudegast and Luidegar?
(a) The Netherlanders.
(b) The Saxons.
(c) The Danes.
(d) The Burgundians.

4. What items are needed for the contest between Brunhild and Gunther?
(a) A rock, a spear, and a sword.
(b) A stone, a rock, and a sword.
(c) A rock, a sandpit, and a spear.
(d) A spear and a stone.

5. Who does not pledge to Kriemhild that he will come to her aid in Etzel's land if she is ever in need?
(a) Gebhart.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Gernot.
(d) Gunther.

6. When Kriemhild is unable to take the remainder of Siegfried's treasure to her new home, what does Rudiger tell her?
(a) That Etzel will give her more gold than she can squander.
(b) That Etzel's warriors will recover her gold from the Rhine.
(c) That Etzel will be insulted if she brings gold with her.
(d) That Etzel's warriors will retrieve her gold from Hagen.

7. Where do Gernot and Giselher take their leave of Kriemhild?
(a) At the Danube.
(b) At the Rhine.
(c) At the Ural mountains.
(d) At the Netherland border.

8. How soon does Kriemhild produce a son and heir to Etzel's throne?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Four years.

9. What occasion causes Etzel to seek Kriemhild's hand in marriage?
(a) Etzel came of age.
(b) Etzel's wife died.
(c) Etzel had just been made king.
(d) Etzel wanted to take a second wife.

10. What country does Etzel rule?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Norway.
(c) Pochlarn.
(d) Hungary.

11. What does Kriemhild tell the minister when she is reviling Kriemhild?
(a) That Brunhild yielded to Siegfried.
(b) That Brunhild is only a serving girl.
(c) That Brunhild gave her ring to Siegfried.
(d) That Gunther will punish Brunhild.

12. What is Brunhild's reaction when Kriemhild stays in Burgundy after the murder of Siegfried?
(a) She sits pridefully on her throne and plots revenge.
(b) She hides her reaction.
(c) She does not know at first that Kriemhild remains.
(d) She does not care that Kriemhild weeps.

13. Kriemhild describes the punishment that Siegfried delivers to her for vexing Brunhild as what?
(a) Causing her repentance.
(b) Ample vengeance.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) A beating.

14. What messengers go to Burgundy to invite Gunther and his men to visit Kriemhild in Hungary?
(a) Four of the greatest Hungarian warriors.
(b) Two diplomats.
(c) Two minstrels with fiddles.
(d) Four men with swift horses.

15. What theme runs through the chapter in which the warriors meet Brunhild?
(a) Redeeming the people through acts of heroism.
(b) Winning lands and riches through strength.
(c) Presenting oneself as a worthy opponent or lover.
(d) Banishing evil from the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kriemhild's father?

2. What oath has Kriemhild taken?

3. What does Kriemhild think about as soon as she sees Siegfried's dead body?

4. What does Gunther tell Brunhild at first when she wishes for him to invite his sister and her husband to visit them?

5. Why does Siegfried gather an army of a thousand Nibelungers?

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