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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reward offered by Kriemhild for Hagen's head?

2. How many of Iring's men stand behind him before he does single-handed battle with Hagen?

3. What does Giselher believe when he sees Rudiger?

4. What does the party discover in the morning after traveling all night?

5. What does Kriemhild do when Dietrich brings Hagen as a captive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Hagen bring his doom upon himself by insulting the queen? Is his conscience struck for having killed Siegfried?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Are there men's and women's ways of doing things in the Nibelungenlied, or is the distinction really to be made between the strong people's ways and the less strong people's ways? Does Kriemhild have such a difficult time exacting revenge because she is female, or because she is weaker than Hagen?

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