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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a night of guarding Gunther and the nobles, when Volker says that his chain-mail has "grown cool on me," what does he mean?
(a) The day is cloudy.
(b) Morning is near.
(c) The heat of the battle is over.
(d) His chain-mail is in need of repair.

2. What does the party discover in the morning after traveling all night?
(a) Hagen's treasonous murder of Siegfried.
(b) Dankwart and Hagen's bloody weapons.
(c) The treasure of the Nibelungs.
(d) The body of the slain ferryman.

3. Which Burgundians is Iring unable to defeat?
(a) Hagen, Volker, Gunther, and Gernot.
(b) Volker, Gunther, and Gernot.
(c) Hagen and Volker.
(d) Gunther and Gernot.

4. What does Dancwart announce to Hagen at the beginning of Adventure 33?
(a) Our knights and squires have been butchered!
(b) Only my covering is bloody.
(c) You have been sitting here too long.
(d) All answers are correct.

5. Who slays Volker?
(a) Dietrich.
(b) Wolfwin.
(c) Helpfrich.
(d) Hildebrand.

6. Why does Kriemhild advise Hunnish warriors not to allow the three kings to leave the hall?
(a) They will revive and slaughter more Hunnish lives will be lost.
(b) They will join with armies from other foreign lands and more Hunnish lives will be lost.
(c) No answer is correct.
(d) They will escape.

7. As their armed knights are seen at church, what does Etzel ask the Burgundians?
(a) Why do you have helmets on?
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Can I make amends?
(d) Does someone wrong you?

8. Why does Dame Uta tell Gunther's messengers what she tells them?
(a) She dreamed that the Huns would wage war on them.
(b) She dreamed that there would be a famine.
(c) She dreamed that two hawks would kill a falcon.
(d) She dreamed that all the birds in the land died.

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

10. What does Hagen do with the ferry?
(a) He bribes the ferryman not to bring any other warriors across.
(b) He hides it in the bushes so no one will follow them.
(c) He leaves his men in charge of it.
(d) He destroys it after ferrying the party across.

11. After Giselher knocks Iring unconscious, what does Iring do?
(a) Runs to the door and safely reaches his kinsmen.
(b) Runs to the door and dies at Hagen's hand on the way out.
(c) Runs to the door and wounds Hagen on the way out.
(d) Runs to the door, covered with blood.

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

13. What is the reward offered by Kriemhild for Hagen's head?
(a) Many fine lands.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) A pile of red gold.
(d) Many fine castles.

14. What does Giselher believe when he sees Rudiger?
(a) No answer is correct.
(b) Rudiger is now a foe.
(c) Something favorable will happen.
(d) He does not see Rudiger.

15. Why does Hagen argue that his men should not pursue the attacking Huns?
(a) They would start a larger war.
(b) They would leave the nobles unattended.
(c) They would be at a disadvantage in unfamiliar territory.
(d) They would lose to the better-armed band.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conveys the information that Rudeger has been killed?

2. What does Hagen do immediately after he proposes a toast to the dead using Etzel's wine?

3. Whom does Rudiger's daughter take by the hand when she first meets him?

4. What favor does Folker ask of Rudeger when the Burgundians arrive in Rudeger's stronghold?

5. What does Hagen answer in response to Kriemhild's question?

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