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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rudeger ask of Etzel when Kriemhild asks him to fight Gunther's men?
(a) He asks Etzel to let the Burgundians go before any more lives have been lost.
(b) He asks Etzel to reason with Kriemhild because the lives that have been lost are greater than Siegfried's.
(c) He asks Etzel to intervene with the Burgundians, and get Gunther to give Hagen up to the Huns.
(d) He asks Etzel to let him give back all the gifts he has ever received from the king instead of having to fight his friends.

2. Why does Dame Uta tell Gunther's messengers what she tells them?
(a) She dreamed that there would be a famine.
(b) She dreamed that the Huns would wage war on them.
(c) She dreamed that all the birds in the land died.
(d) She dreamed that two hawks would kill a falcon.

3. Helpfrish is dispatched by Dietrich to ask what is the cause of the lamenting. He is charged to ask whom for an explanation?
(a) Etzel's men only.
(b) Rudiger's men only.
(c) The Burgundians or Etzel's men.
(d) The Burgundians only.

4. How many of Iring's men stand behind him before he does single-handed battle with Hagen?
(a) Two thousand or more.
(b) One hundred or more.
(c) Five hundred or more.
(d) One thousand or more.

5. Why does the ferryman refuse to take Hagen across the river?
(a) He considers himself above ferrying commoners.
(b) He considers Hagen an imposter.
(c) Hagen refuses to pay him.
(d) He does not ferry strangers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the sleeping arrangements designed for Gunther's men?

2. Who is pleased to house Gunther and his group on their way to Hungary?

3. After a night of guarding Gunther and the nobles, when Volker says that his chain-mail has "grown cool on me," what does he mean?

4. What does Volker pledge to Hagen after Hagen and Kriemhild have their first confrontation in Hungary?

5. Why do the Burgundians ask for a truce?

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