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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kriemhild ask her warriors to bring her after the battle in the feast hall?
(a) The heads of the Burgundians.
(b) Gunther's hands.
(c) The Burgundians' lands.
(d) Hagen's head.

2. What does Hagen do to upset Kriemhild in front of the four hundred warriors she intends to use to attack Hagen and Volker?
(a) He turns his back to her while she is speaking.
(b) He throws gold coins at her feet.
(c) He places the sword of her slain husband on his lap.
(d) He refuses to look at her while she is addressing him.

3. What does Kriemhild do to the hall in which six hundred Burgundians are trapped?
(a) Set it on fire.
(b) Pour hot oil through the roof.
(c) Use a battering ram on the door.
(d) Shoot flaming arrows at the roof.

4. What old wrong does Kriemhild bring up at court in front of everyone?
(a) Why did you force me to reveal how to kill Siegfried?
(b) Why did you use a javelin to kill my husband?
(c) When will you retrieve the treasure of the Nibelungs?
(d) What did you do with the treasure of the Nibelungs?

5. Who vows to keep watch over Gunther's sleeping men?
(a) Hagen.
(b) Folker.
(c) Giselher.
(d) Gunther.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hagen argue that his men should not pursue the attacking Huns?

2. At whose hands does Iring die?

3. What does Etzel order his men to bring Gunther's men?

4. Who stands guard over Gunther, his brothers, and the other nobles after the Midsummer's Eve festivities?

5. What does Volker do when a Hunnish margrave attempts to carry away a wounded countryman?

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