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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is determined to woo Kriemhild?
(a) Hagen.
(b) Gunther.
(c) Siegmund.
(d) Siegfried.

3. What does Kriemhild do, without her husband's knowledge, when her family is invited to the summer festival in Hungary?
(a) Take an additional messenger with them to persuade her brothers to come to Hungary.
(b) Give treasure to the messengers to use to adorn Siegfried's grave.
(c) Give treasure to the messengers for them to give to Giselher.
(d) Have a secret meeting with the messengers in her apartments.

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

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

6. Who waits upon Kriemhild as she mourns?
(a) Count Eckewart.
(b) Giselher.
(c) Gernot.
(d) Gunther.

7. Whom does Siegfried appoint as commander of the rearguard when he fights Gunther's invaders?
(a) Ludeger.
(b) Dankwart.
(c) Hagen.
(d) Gunther.

8. How many men does Gunther send to Siegfried with an invitation to come to Burgundy?
(a) Fifty.
(b) A thousand.
(c) A hundred.
(d) Thirty.

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

10. Why does Siegfried go to bring rare warriors to Isenstein after the contest between Gunther and Brunhild is over?
(a) To pay for losing the contest to Brunhild.
(b) To show Brunhild that his warriors are stronger than hers.
(c) To show Brunhild that he is really a king.
(d) To protect Gunther and the rest in case Brunhild means them harm.

11. What does Kriemhild give to Siegfried's men?
(a) Brunhild's girdle.
(b) Siegfried's lands.
(c) Her infant son.
(d) Brunhild's ring.

12. Who wants Gunther and Kriemhild to start speaking again after Siegfried dies?
(a) Dancrat.
(b) Hagen.
(c) Giselher.
(d) Gunther.

13. In Adventure 4, what does the secret messenger convey to Kriemhild?
(a) A gift of love from Siegfried.
(b) News of how well Siegfried fights the battle against the two kings.
(c) News of her brother's death.
(d) A poem of love from Siegfried.

14. What further insult does Hagen reign upon Siegfried's lifeless body after they bring it back to the fortress?
(a) He sets the body down on the threshold of Kriemhild's apartment.
(b) He curses over the body by moonlight.
(c) He covers the body in mud and muck.
(d) He leaves the body with the horses.

15. What does Siegmund announce when Siegfried and Kriemhild arrive in the Netherlands?
(a) That Siegfried and Kriemhild will marry.
(b) That Siegfried is king of the Netherlanders.
(c) That Brunhild has given birth to a boy named Siegfried.
(d) That Kriemhild has given birth to a boy named Gunther.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city are Etzel and Kriemhild wed?

2. Who escorts the Nibelungs from Worms on their return to their own lands after the murder of Siegfried?

3. During what part of the year is Siegfried knighted?

4. Where does Kriemhild live?

5. How is Kriemhild convinced to marry Etzel?

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