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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Gunther give to Etzel's minstrels?
2. How does Gunther answer Kriemhild's messengers?
3. Kriemhild describes the punishment that Siegfried delivers to her for vexing Brunhild as what?
4. Which brothers accompany Kriemhild on her journey to meet her new husband, Etzel?
5. Who is Kriemhild most interested in getting onto Hungarian land to attend King Etzel's summer festival?
Short Essay Questions
1. What choice do Dietrich and Hildebrand offer Gunther and Hagen?
2. Why do Gunther and Gernot decide to introduce Kriemhild to Siegfried, even though she has never been introduced to a knight before?
3. What is Siegfried more interested in than ruling as king, and why?
4. What does Kriemhild do before Siegfried is buried?
5. 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?
6. What does Hagen do with the Nibelungers' treasure?
7. Why does Hagen suggest that his warriors drink the blood of corpses?
8. Why is Siegfried completely unarmed and without the protection of his own men when drinking from the stream, when the fatal blow to his vulnerable spot is struck by Hagen?
9. As Wolfrich lies dying, what does he tell Hildebrand?
10. How does Etzel react when Gunther's men appear dressed for battle in the morning?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Adventure 3 the reader is introduced to Siegfried's bravery through Hagen. Although Siegfried has come to woo Kriemhild, the interaction between Siegfried, Gunther, and Hagen when they first meet is strange. The stage is set for conflict, but how does this story end? Write an essay that compares and contrasts Hagen's behavior toward Siegfried and King Gunther when they all first meet and how this foreshadows the future of these three men's interactions in Das Nibelungenlied.
Essay Topic 2
Hagen is a very important character in this poem. Without Hagen there is no murder of Siegfried. What kind of a person is Hagen? One way to highlight his true character is to provide a foil in the poem to highlight certain aspects of his makeup and help the reader decipher his motivations. Write an essay that compares and contrasts Hagen to his brother, Dancwart. What does the foil character reveal about Hagen that we would not know otherwise? Provide at least three examples and use the poem to support your assertions.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the importance of the envoys that are sent back and forth between Gunther's house and Siegfried's and then Kriemhild's. Why are messengers important in these societies, and why is a delay in response unforgivable? How are the instances where messengers arrive with messages different throughout the Nibelungenlied?
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