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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 is Albric?
(a) He is the protector of the Nibelungers' gold.
(b) He is the wise man whom Gunther consults.
(c) He is the jester at Brunhild's court.
(d) He is Siegfried's courtier.

2. On whom do Liudegast and Luidegar supposedly declare war?
(a) Isenstein.
(b) Denmark.
(c) The Netherlands.
(d) Burgundy.

3. When Siegfried, acting as Gunther's messenger, shows up in Burgundy without Gunther, what does Giselher assume?
(a) That Gunther is married.
(b) That Gunther is dead.
(c) That Siegfried marries Brunhild instead of Gunther.
(d) That Gunther has lost their lands in a contest with Brunhild.

4. What does Kriemhild do, without her husband's knowledge, when her family is invited to the summer festival in Hungary?
(a) Take an additional messenger with them to persuade her brothers to come to Hungary.
(b) Give treasure to the messengers to use to adorn Siegfried's grave.
(c) Have a secret meeting with the messengers in her apartments.
(d) Give treasure to the messengers for them to give to Giselher.

5. Who travels to Kriemhild on Etzel's behalf?
(a) Rudeger.
(b) Giselher.
(c) Etzel.
(d) Gernot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many princes of lofty rank rode before Etzel to meet Kriemhild on her way to wed him?

2. What social rank does Liudegast hold?

3. How does Gunther answer Kriemhild's messengers?

4. What does Siegmund ask Kriemhild to do after Siegfried's funeral?

5. Who escorts the Nibelungs from Worms on their return to their own lands after the murder of Siegfried?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the tension between Brunhild and Siegfried.

3. Describe the test of innocence that Kriemhild demands of the men she deems guilty of her husband's murder.

4. What is Kriemhild about to do when she hears of Etzel's marriage proposal?

5. What does Alberich, the dwarf treasurer from Nibelung, lament about as the treasure is being retrieved for Siegfried's queen, Kriemhild?

6. Why is it important that Hagen does not rise at the approach of Kriemhild when she approaches with four hundred armed warriors?

7. Why is Dancwart told by some Hunnish warriors that he must be his own messenger to Hagen?

8. When Gunther approaches Siegfried to sort out the truth of Kriemhild's allegations that he violated Brunhild, why is he so cautious when he speaks to Siegried?

9. Why does Siegmund implore Kriemhild to return with him to Nibelungland?

10. In Adventure 4, why is Siegfried leading King Gunther's soldiers?

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