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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many warriors do Brunhild and her ladies observe arriving at her fortress?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) Four thousand.
(c) Forty.
(d) Four.

2. Who is Kriemhild's father?
(a) Dancrat.
(b) Ludegast.
(c) Siegfried.
(d) Gunther.

3. Why is Siegfried's son, Gunther, left at home with Siegfried visited Burgundy?
(a) He is away at school when Siegfried leaves.
(b) He is too young.
(c) He is conducting other diplomatic business.
(d) Siegfried does not trust Brunhild.

4. Whom does Gunther point to when Siegfried tells him to choose his wife from the women who watch them arrive in Brunhild's lands?
(a) Hadburg.
(b) Kriemhild.
(c) Uta.
(d) Brunhild.

5. How many princes accompanied King Etzel to meet Kriemhild?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Fifty.
(c) A thousand.
(d) A hundred.

6. What does Kriemhild's dream foretell will happen to Siegfried on the hunt?
(a) Boars will chase him and gore him to death.
(b) A man will vent his malice on him.
(c) Flowers will drown in blood.
(d) There will be an attempt on his life.

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

8. What causes blood to spill anew from Siegfried's corpse while it lies in the cathedral?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Hagen's approach.
(c) The pecking of carrion birds.
(d) Flesh-eating peregrine falcons.

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

10. What does Hagen do with the Nibelungers' treasure?
(a) Steals it for himself.
(b) Throws it in the Rhine River.
(c) Distributes it to the poor.
(d) Manages it for Kriemhild.

11. Why does the meeting between Etzel's messengers and Brunhild have to be delayed?
(a) Brunhild is in ill cheer.
(b) Brunhild is visiting her people.
(c) Brunhild is ill.
(d) Brunhild is away at war.

12. 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 Gunther will punish Brunhild.
(d) That Brunhild gave her ring to Siegfried.

13. What comment of Kriemhild's sets off the quarrel between herself and Brunhild?
(a) Your husband will never have dominion over all kingdoms as long as my husband is alive.
(b) Your husband is a great king, but no man is equal to my husband.
(c) My husband is so mighty that he might rule over all kingdoms.
(d) My husband is the ruler of all kingdoms in the land.

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

15. Where does Hagen put Siegfried's body?
(a) In bed with Kriemhild.
(b) In front of Kriemhild's door.
(c) In front of Siegmund's door.
(d) In a coffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the discussion, who taunts Hagen about whether to travel to Hungary to see Etzel and Kriemhild?

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

3. Why is King Etzel concerned that Kriemhild will not marry him?

4. What is unusual about Queen Brunhild?

5. How does Brunhild greet Kriemhild when Siegfried and Kriemhild arrive in Burgundy?

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