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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who remains of the Burgundians by the end of Adventure 38?
(a) Only Gunther and Hagen.
(b) Gernot and Hagen.
(c) Gunther, Hagen, Gernot, and Giselher.
(d) Hagen and Giselher.

2. What does Dietrich tell Hagen's men when they arrive?
(a) That they are welcome in Etzel's palace.
(b) That they should leave immediately.
(c) That Kriemhild plans to kill them.
(d) That Kriemhild still mourns Siegfried.

3. What does Volker do, sitting at the threshold below the great door of the hall in Adventure 30?
(a) Places his fiddle-bow across his lap in protest of Kriemhild's words.
(b) Fails to stand as Kriemhild approaches.
(c) Plays a sweet melody to lull many men to sleep.
(d) No answers are correct.

4. How long do Gunther and his men stay with Rudeger?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Four days.
(d) Two months.

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

6. What does Hildebrand request from the Burgundians?
(a) A fair fight.
(b) Water.
(c) Rudiger's sword.
(d) Rudiger's body.

7. What does Dietrich think when he hears the crying over Rudeger's death?
(a) That he is about to be killed.
(b) That Etzel and Kriemhild have been killed.
(c) That the Burgundians have been killed at last.
(d) That Hagen has been killed.

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

9. How do Hagen's men outfit themselves when they wake after the feast in Etzel's stronghold?
(a) As if for work in the fields.
(b) As if for battle.
(c) In their finest raiment.
(d) As if for travel.

10. Who is considered to have the greatest power under Etzel?
(a) Ortlieb.
(b) Bloedelin.
(c) Rudiger.
(d) Dietrich.

11. Who finally kills Rudeger?
(a) Gernot.
(b) Gunther.
(c) Folker.
(d) Hagen.

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

13. What does Rudeger ask of Etzel when Kriemhild asks him to fight Gunther's men?
(a) He asks Etzel to reason with Kriemhild because the lives that have been lost are greater than Siegfried's.
(b) He asks Etzel to let the Burgundians go before any more lives have been lost.
(c) He asks Etzel to intervene with the Burgundians, and get Gunther to give Hagen up to the Huns.
(d) He asks Etzel to let him give back all the gifts he has ever received from the king instead of having to fight his friends.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Kriemhild crying at the beginning of Adventure 29?

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

3. What does Rudeger give to Gunther and his men?

4. According to the fairies, how many Burgundians will survive the trip to Hungary for the festival?

5. What provides the spark that eventually ignites the conflict between Gunther and Etzel's men?

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