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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does not join the mourners at the cathedral?
(a) All answers are incorrect.
(b) Gunther.
(c) Hagen.
(d) The people of Burgundy.

2. Who offers to go with Siegfried to visit Gunther and Brunhild?
(a) Kriemhild.
(b) Siegmund.
(c) Uote.
(d) Gere.

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

4. What does Siegfried do with the treasure he wins from the Nibelungers?
(a) He takes it to his castle.
(b) He puts it in a cave.
(c) He builds a castle with it.
(d) He spends it on Kriemhild.

5. Who teaches Kriemhild the ways of Etzel's land?
(a) Etzel.
(b) Rudeger's wife.
(c) Werbel.
(d) Herrat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literary device that describes Kriemhild's dream?

2. What does Gunther say he must do before he can accept the invitation to visit Etzel and Kriemhild?

3. What do Siegfried's warriors want to do immediately?

4. What lady meets Kriemhild, at the request of Rudinger?

5. How many fair ladies accompany Uote and Kriemhild when Siegfried first sees Kriemhild?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Siegfried say he is doing, and what is he really doing, while Gunther and Brunhild are engaging in a contest of strength?

2. Why does Etzel consider Volker to be the most dreadful guest?

3. What choice do Dietrich and Hildebrand offer Gunther and Hagen?

4. How do the festivities at Kriemhild's two marriages compare?

5. How do Kriemhild's relatives convince her to stay among them when they allowed her beloved husband to be murdered?

6. What does Hagen do when he hears that Dankwart has been attacked and that Bloedelin has been killed?

7. What conditions do Gunther's men ask for after the fighting in the feast hall dies down?

8. Who is Eckewart and what is his role in Gunther's men's trip into Hungary?

9. Why does Hagen want the Nibelungers' treasure to be taken away from Kriemhild?

10. Describe Kriemhild's relationship with her new land.

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