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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Dame Uta give to the messenger who brings news of Gunther's safe return?
(a) A wedding feast.
(b) A gift of serving women.
(c) Large swaths of territory.
(d) Twenty-four gold bracelets.

5. 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 covers the body in mud and muck.
(c) He curses over the body by moonlight.
(d) He leaves the body with the horses.

6. When Kriemhild first sees Siegfried, how is Siegfried's personal appearance described?
(a) His flaxen hair makes him look like a golden god.
(b) He is barely distinguishable from his kinsmen, except by his exceptional height.
(c) He is outfitted as the greatest warrior that ever lived.
(d) None is his equal for looks.

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

8. How many fair ladies accompany Uote and Kriemhild when Siegfried first sees Kriemhild?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Fifty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Ten.

9. Whose position does Kriemhild assume after she and Siegfried have been married for ten years?
(a) Lady Sieglind's.
(b) Hadburg's.
(c) Brunhild's.
(d) Dame Uta's.

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

11. Who tries to stop Hagen's treasonous plan?
(a) Gunther.
(b) Siegfried.
(c) Brunhild.
(d) Gernot.

12. What does Brunhild want to know when she confronts Siegfried during his visit to Burgundy?
(a) How Kriemhild has treated him as a wife.
(b) Why he preferred Kriemhild to her.
(c) Why he has been lax in his duty to Gunther.
(d) Why he named his son after Gunther.

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

14. Who is the member of her new household who is mourning Etzel's first queen?
(a) Gotelind.
(b) Herrat.
(c) Helche.
(d) The Mangrave's daughter.

15. Who are the messengers who reach Gunther from Kriemhild and Etzel?
(a) Giselher and Gernot.
(b) Werbel and Swemmeline.
(c) Dankwart and Gelfrat.
(d) Folker and Rudeger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not join the mourners at the cathedral?

2. What secret does Hagen elicit from Kriemhild?

3. Which of these characters is not a brother of Kriemhild?

4. While they are arguing, what evidence does Brunhild provide to Kriemhild that she thinks supports the idea that Siegfried is the vassal of Gunther?

5. What blood relative consoles Kriemhild in Burgundy after the death of Siegfried?

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