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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 Gunther after his capture?
(a) She has him murdered.
(b) She beheads him.
(c) She forgives him.
(d) She banishes him.

2. What does Hagen lay across his lap when Kriemhild confronts him?
(a) Kriemhild's girdle.
(b) Brunhild's ring.
(c) Gunther's cloud cloak.
(d) Siegfried's sword.

3. Who is credited with fighting a good fight in Adventure 35, besides Hagen and Volker?
(a) Giselher.
(b) Gunther and Iring.
(c) Gernot and Giselher.
(d) Gernot.

4. What does Giselher do to Iring when they fight?
(a) Cuts off his head.
(b) Kills him with a spear.
(c) Restrains him in his fight against Hagen.
(d) Gives him a blow that knocks him out.

5. Who stands guard over Gunther, his brothers, and the other nobles after the Midsummer's Eve festivities?
(a) Hagen.
(b) Hagen and Volker.
(c) Etzel's warriors.
(d) Kriemhild's warriors.

6. What does Dame Uta tell Gunther's men?
(a) Not to go to Hungary.
(b) To burn the crops of the first town they reach.
(c) To arm themselves as they enter Hungary.
(d) To take prisoners as they enter Hungary.

7. How does Kriemhild plan to start a confrontation on the Burgundians' first morning in Hungary?
(a) She tries to isolate Hagen and poison him.
(b) She spreads rumors about the Burgundians to stir up the Huns' ill will.
(c) She thinks that if a Hun is hurt in the tournament, general battle will begin.
(d) She insults Hagen to his face.

8. Whom does Kriemhild find to avenge Siegfried's death?
(a) Bloedelin.
(b) Folker.
(c) Dietrich.
(d) Hildebrand.

9. Why does Hagen advise the Burgundian warriors to wear armor to church?
(a) Because they are in a foreign country.
(b) Because it is their custom to do so for three days.
(c) Because their armor is the finest attire they possess.
(d) Because Kriemhild plans revenge on them.

10. What does Kriemhild do to the hall in which six hundred Burgundians are trapped?
(a) Pour hot oil through the roof.
(b) Use a battering ram on the door.
(c) Shoot flaming arrows at the roof.
(d) Set it on fire.

11. What does Kriemhild do when Dietrich brings Hagen as a captive?
(a) She executes him on the spot.
(b) She has him tortured, as she was tortured in her grief.
(c) She offers to sell him back to Gunther for a steep price.
(d) She does not kill him; she keeps him captive.

12. Who conveys the information that Rudeger has been killed?
(a) Hildebrand.
(b) Helfrich.
(c) Iring.
(d) Kriemhild.

13. For what does Kriemhild praise Iring?
(a) His success in battle against Gunther.
(b) His victory over the Burgundian warriors.
(c) His defeat of Folker.
(d) His strike against Hagen.

14. Whom does Hagen kill?
(a) Ortlieb.
(b) Dietrich.
(c) Kriemhild.
(d) Bloedelin.

15. Why does Kriemhild cry out after the Burgundians retreat?
(a) All of the challengers she sent against Hagen have died.
(b) Etzel is angry with her for wasting so many lives for her vengeance.
(c) She had wanted to revenge one death but now many have died.
(d) She is powerless to kill Hagen; even her magic methods have failed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who instigates trouble among Hagen's men after the tournament?

2. Why does Hagen advise Gunther to avoid camping until daybreak?

3. How does Hagen tell his men to outfit themselves the morning after the feast in Etzel's stronghold?

4. How many warriors offer to kill Hagen?

5. What does Dietrich say as he dons his mailcoat and shield?

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