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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rudiger kills one of his own men for saying what?
(a) Rudiger will not fight for Etzel.
(b) Rudiger is weeping.
(c) Rudiger has been absent during most of the battle.
(d) Rudiger is a traitor.

2. What does Kriemhild do when Hagen refuses to tell her where the gold is?
(a) She commits suicide.
(b) She threatens to kill Hagen but is killed by Hildebrand.
(c) She relinquishes him to the mob of angry Huns, who kill him.
(d) She cuts off his head with Siegfried's sword.

3. Why is there much pushing and shoving as the Huns and the Burgundians enter the church?
(a) No answer is correct.
(b) Etzel and Kriemhild refuse to stand aside so all may enter easily.
(c) Tempers are roused and jostling is natural.
(d) Hagen and Volker refuse to stand aside so all may enter easily.

4. What is the reason for the lamenting beyond all human bounds that takes place in Adventure 38?
(a) Kriemhild is slain.
(b) Etzel is slain.
(c) Rudiger is slain.
(d) All answers are correct.

5. How does Hagen taunt Etzel in Adventure 34?
(a) He tells Etzel he is personally plotting against his life.
(b) He refers to Siegfried having his pleasure of Kriemhild first.
(c) He tells Etzel he will topple his entire empire.
(d) He refers to his slaying of Ortlieb, his infant son.

6. Who tells Gunther to call off the journey to Hungary?
(a) Hadburg.
(b) Giselher.
(c) Rumold.
(d) Hagen.

7. Which noblemen lead the knights to withdraw from the tournament that takes place after church in Adventure 31?
(a) Etzel and Gunther.
(b) Dietrich and Rudiger.
(c) Irnfrit and Hawart.
(d) Volker and Hagen.

8. Who first notices the armed men at the front of the hall in which Gunther is sleeping after the Midsummer Eve's festivities?
(a) Gunther.
(b) Hagen.
(c) Giselher.
(d) Volker.

9. What does Gernot tell Rudeger when Rudeger rides out against Gunther's men?
(a) That his sword will end Rudeger's life.
(b) That the gifts of Rudeger's wife are meaningless now.
(c) That Rudeger's name will never be spoken again for his betrayal of his friends.
(d) That Rudeger should take Hagen and Folker and leave the rest in peace.

10. Why does the Margravine cry when she gives Hagen the shield he asks for as a gift?
(a) Because Witege slays the owner.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Because it reminds her of an old grief.
(d) Because the shield belongs to Nuodung.

11. What does Gelfrat want from Hagen's men?
(a) He wants justice for the slain ferryman.
(b) He wants them to pass a message to Etzel.
(c) He wants to escort them safely through his lands.
(d) He wants them to pass a message to Gunther.

12. What does Dancwart announce to Hagen at the beginning of Adventure 33?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Our knights and squires have been butchered!
(c) Only my covering is bloody.
(d) You have been sitting here too long.

13. Who mocks Etzel's might?
(a) Gunther.
(b) Hagen.
(c) Dietrich.
(d) Kriemhild.

14. What happens when a Hun is killed in the tournament?
(a) A bloody battle begins.
(b) One of Kriemhild's men stabs Hagen.
(c) Kriemhild convinces her husband to banish the visitors.
(d) Etzel proclaims it an accident and says the death will not be avenged.

15. Who keeps a watch on the door while the Burgundian warriors rest?
(a) Folker and Hagen.
(b) Brunhild.
(c) Giselher and Gernot.
(d) Gunther.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudeger give to Gunther and his men?

2. Who remains of the Burgundians by the end of Adventure 38?

3. How does Etzel characterize his wife's feelings for the Burgundian visitors?

4. Why does Kriemhild cry out after the Burgundians retreat?

5. What surprises Kriemhild while at court?

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