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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. What further insult does Hagen reign upon Siegfried's lifeless body after they bring it back to the fortress?
(a) He curses over the body by moonlight.
(b) He sets the body down on the threshold of Kriemhild's apartment.
(c) He covers the body in mud and muck.
(d) He leaves the body with the horses.

2. Which kings unite to march against King Gunther's lands?
(a) Folker and Etzel.
(b) Etzel and Rudiger.
(c) Ludeger and Ludegast.
(d) Ludegast and Hagen.

3. What person does Kriemhild notify first after discovering Siegfried's murder?
(a) Siegmund.
(b) Brunhild.
(c) Gunther.
(d) Uote.

4. Why is King Etzel concerned that Kriemhild will not marry him?
(a) Because he is so much older than she is.
(b) Because he is a heathen.
(c) Because she is still in mourning.
(d) Because she will not want to leave her kinsmen.

5. What does Kriemhild dream?
(a) Two eagles attacked a falcon.
(b) Three crows ate a dead dog.
(c) Four eagles attacked a soldier.
(d) Two crows attacked four eagles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose position does Kriemhild assume after she and Siegfried have been married for ten years?

2. How does Brunhild greet Kriemhild when Siegfried and Kriemhild arrive in Burgundy?

3. With what men does Siegfried plan to defeat Liudegast and Luidegar?

4. What words spoken by Kriemhild pain Siegmund while he is convincing her to return to Siegfried's lands?

5. What happens to Brunhild after she lies with Gunther?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the tension between Brunhild and Siegfried.

2. Why does Hagen refuse to pursue the Hunnish knights who come in the night to murder Gunther and his men while they sleep after the Midsummer Eve's festivities?

3. What is Kriemhild's role in Gunther's suit of Brunhild?

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

5. How do Gunther's men react to the news that Kriemhild still mourns?

6. Name three honorable acts that Iring performs.

7. How does Hagen get the party across the flood-swollen Danube?

8. Why does Hagen refuse to reveal to Kriemhild where Siegfried's treasure is sunk?

9. Why do Hungarian people lament the treatment of the bodies of their fallen countrymen at the hands of the Burgundians?

10. What happens when Gunther offers gold to Swemmeline and Werbel?

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