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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kriemhild treat Hagen after his capture?
(a) She starves him to death.
(b) She hands him over to the Hunnish army to be put to death.
(c) She kills him with Siegfried's sword.
(d) She bribes him to tell her where the treasure is sunk.

2. Which noblemen lead the knights to withdraw from the tournament that takes place after church in Adventure 31?
(a) Dietrich and Rudiger.
(b) Etzel and Gunther.
(c) Irnfrit and Hawart.
(d) Volker and Hagen.

3. How many of Iring's men stand behind him before he does single-handed battle with Hagen?
(a) One thousand or more.
(b) Five hundred or more.
(c) Two thousand or more.
(d) One hundred or more.

4. What does Kriemhild do when Hagen refuses to tell her where the gold is?
(a) She threatens to kill Hagen but is killed by Hildebrand.
(b) She commits suicide.
(c) She relinquishes him to the mob of angry Huns, who kill him.
(d) She cuts off his head with Siegfried's sword.

5. What does Hildebrand ask of Gunther after Rudeger is killed?
(a) He asks for a mourning period of ten days.
(b) He asks for a truce, to let his men recuperate.
(c) He asks for Rudeger's body, to give it a proper burial.
(d) He asks for a diplomatic truce, to negotiate without killing.

6. How does Hagen taunt Etzel in Adventure 34?
(a) He tells Etzel he will topple his entire empire.
(b) He refers to his slaying of Ortlieb, his infant son.
(c) He refers to Siegfried having his pleasure of Kriemhild first.
(d) He tells Etzel he is personally plotting against his life.

7. With what news does Dietrich greet the Burgundian kings as they arrive in Hungary?
(a) Kriemhild still weeps for Siegfried.
(b) Kriemhild is a designing woman.
(c) Be on your guard.
(d) All answers are correct.

8. At whose hands does Iring die?
(a) Giselher's.
(b) Gunther's.
(c) Volker's.
(d) Hagen's.

9. What does Kriemhild ask Hagen when she greets him?
(a) Whether he will marry Etzel's daughter.
(b) Where the Nibelungers' gold is.
(c) Whether he is sorry for killing Siegfried.
(d) How long he plans to stay.

10. What scene in Adventure 32 repeats a scene from a previous adventure?
(a) The men dressing for battle.
(b) The men jostling each other.
(c) The men preparing for a jousting match.
(d) The men removing themselves from battle.

11. What does Dietrich overhear Hagen and Gunther saying about him in Adventure 39?
(a) Gunther and Hagen will slay Dietrich together.
(b) Hagen will take on Dietrich in single combat.
(c) Gunther will negotiate their release with Dietrich.
(d) Hagen will surrender to Dietrich.

12. How many Burgundian squires die as the Hunnish warriors try to kill Dancwart?
(a) Nine thousand.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Five thousand.
(d) Five hundred.

13. Under what condition does Dietrich offer to end the battle?
(a) If Gunther hands over Hagen as a captive.
(b) If Hagen returns to Burgundy at once.
(c) If Gunther kills Hagen by his own hand.
(d) If Hagen apologizes to the queen and makes payment for Siegfried's death.

14. Who instigates trouble among Hagen's men after the tournament?
(a) Gunther.
(b) Ortwine.
(c) Folker.
(d) Hagen.

15. What does Hagen do immediately after he proposes a toast to the dead using Etzel's wine?
(a) Strike off the head of Kriemhild's son.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Cut the right hand off of the tutor.
(d) Behead Werbel the Minstrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is credited with fighting a good fight in Adventure 35, besides Hagen and Volker?

2. What do the people at the Danube tell Hagen?

3. Who is killed when Hagen and Gelfrat meet?

4. Kriemhild asks which king to help her escape the bloodbath?

5. What do Etzel's men do as they retire from the feast?

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