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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 counsels Kriemhild to speak to Gunther?
(a) Lady Uta.
(b) Count Eckewart.
(c) Hagen.
(d) Gernot and Giselher.

2. What does Kriemhild think about as soon as she sees Siegfried's dead body?
(a) Siegfried's reputation among her people.
(b) Brunhild's disdain for her.
(c) Hagen's questions about Siegfried's vulnerability.
(d) Gunther's weakness in preventing Hagen's assassination.

3. During what part of the year is Siegfried knighted?
(a) Midwinter.
(b) Midsummer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

4. Who counsels the messengers who take Kriemhild's message across the Rhine?
(a) Rudeger.
(b) Rudeger's wife.
(c) Siegmund.
(d) Kriemhild.

5. Where do Gernot and Giselher take their leave of Kriemhild?
(a) At the Netherland border.
(b) At the Ural mountains.
(c) At the Danube.
(d) At the Rhine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Siegfried during the contest between Brunhild and Gunther?

2. Who counsels Kriemhild about the way to approach the king?

3. What is Folker's role in the negotiations between Etzel's messengers and Gunther's men?

4. After the queens start to argue about their husbands' rank, why do the people wonder when they see the queens at the cathedral?

5. Who does Kriemhild blame for the death of Siegfried?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Volker stand back to allow one thousand Hungarian warriors into the hall to fight after Iring dies?

2. Why does Hagen advise Gunther that the messengers should be prevented from returning to Hungary for as long as possible?

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

4. What is the significance of Gunther's decision to send Siegfried ahead as a messenger to return word of his marriage with Brunhild?

5. Was the death of the single Hun, which was caused by Volker's lance, an accident?

6. What is Kriemhild's relation to Rudiger and Gotelind?

7. What did Kriemhild dream, and why did Siegfried dismiss her dream?

8. What happens after Kriemhild decides to stay in Burgundy?

9. How does Etzel react when Gunther's men appear dressed for battle in the morning?

10. Describe Gunther's men's arrival at Rudeger's hall.

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