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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Burgundians keep themselves alive?
(a) By capturing the kitchen of the feast hall.
(b) By drinking the blood of the dead.
(c) By eating the flesh of the dead.
(d) By fighting their way to a well and replenishing themselves.

2. Whom does Kriemhild find to avenge Siegfried's death?
(a) Dietrich.
(b) Bloedelin.
(c) Folker.
(d) Hildebrand.

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

4. Who rides out to greet Gunther, Hagen, and their men when they reach Etzel's land?
(a) Rudeger and Gotelind.
(b) Hildebrand and Wolfhart.
(c) Kriemhild and Etzel.
(d) Bloedelin.

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

6. What does Hagen do with the ferry?
(a) He leaves his men in charge of it.
(b) He hides it in the bushes so no one will follow them.
(c) He destroys it after ferrying the party across.
(d) He bribes the ferryman not to bring any other warriors across.

7. Whom does Rudeger's daughter balk at kissing?
(a) Hagen.
(b) Giselher.
(c) Folker.
(d) Gernot.

8. Why does Hagen advise the Burgundian warriors to wear armor to church?
(a) Because Kriemhild plans revenge on them.
(b) Because they are in a foreign country.
(c) Because their armor is the finest attire they possess.
(d) Because it is their custom to do so for three days.

9. How does Kriemhild treat Gunther after his capture?
(a) She beheads him.
(b) She banishes him.
(c) She has him murdered.
(d) She forgives him.

10. Whom does Hagen encounter at the Danube?
(a) Bathing women.
(b) A waiting army.
(c) Sirens.
(d) Peaceful farmers.

11. Who fears for the safety of Gunther's men?
(a) Hagen.
(b) Giselher.
(c) Gunther.
(d) Folker.

12. How does Kriemhild plan to start a confrontation on the Burgundians' first morning in Hungary?
(a) She tries to isolate Hagen and poison him.
(b) She insults Hagen to his face.
(c) She thinks that if a Hun is hurt in the tournament, general battle will begin.
(d) She spreads rumors about the Burgundians to stir up the Huns' ill will.

13. What does Gunther do when the battle begins in the feast hall?
(a) He kills Dietrich.
(b) He talks with Etzel.
(c) He tries in vain to stop the fighting.
(d) He battles with Bloedelin and is nearly killed.

14. How many warriors offer to kill Hagen?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) Sixty.
(c) A hundred.
(d) A thousand.

15. What alerts Kriemhild's knights, who are approaching the sleeping King Gunther and his noble companions?
(a) The sight of Hagen standing guard.
(b) An other-worldly sentinel.
(c) Flames like fire coming from the hall.
(d) The sight of the Fiddler standing guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudeger tell Hagen and his men when they pass into his territory?

2. With what news does Dietrich greet the Burgundian kings as they arrive in Hungary?

3. As their armed knights are seen at church, what does Etzel ask the Burgundians?

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

5. How does Folker lull his men to sleep?

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