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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. How do Brunhild and Kriemhild greet each other the first time they meet?
(a) They kiss one another.
(b) They bow silently without making eye contact.
(c) They beam brilliant smiles and embrace with tears of joy in their eyes.
(d) They curtsey to one another.

2. Who do Hagen's men say is marching on King Gunther's lands at the beginning of Adventure 15?
(a) Ortwine.
(b) Siegmund.
(c) Siegfried.
(d) Ludeger.

3. What happens to Siegfried's treasure when Kriemhild marries Etzel?
(a) It stays with Hagen.
(b) It is sunk in the Rhine River.
(c) It returns to the cave.
(d) It is distributed to the wedding guests.

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

5. What oath has Kriemhild taken?
(a) Not to marry a foreigner.
(b) Never to marry.
(c) Never to speak.
(d) Not to rest until she has avenged the death of her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Siegfried subdue Brunhild?

2. What does Gunther tell Brunhild at first when she wishes for him to invite his sister and her husband to visit them?

3. After the murder of Siegfried, what does Siegmund want Kriemhild to do?

4. Oddly enough, who is sent as a messenger to Uote and Kriemhild at Burgundy after the contest between Gunther and Brunhild?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kriemhild's wedding festivities.

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

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

4. What happens after Etzel's men jostle Gunther's men as they leave Etzel's feast?

5. How does Dame Uta explain Kriemhild's dream?

6. Why does Hagen murder the ferryman?

7. How does Iring end up fighting Hagen alone?

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

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

10. What do Hagen's men say when they hear the invitation from Kriemhild?

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