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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the discussion, who taunts Hagen about whether to travel to Hungary to see Etzel and Kriemhild?
(a) Uote.
(b) Folker.
(c) Gernot.
(d) Giselher.

2. Kriemhild describes the punishment that Siegfried delivers to her for vexing Brunhild as what?
(a) Causing her repentance.
(b) Ample vengeance.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) A beating.

3. Who are the messengers who reach Gunther from Kriemhild and Etzel?
(a) Werbel and Swemmeline.
(b) Dankwart and Gelfrat.
(c) Giselher and Gernot.
(d) Folker and Rudeger.

4. Whom does Siegfried appoint as commander of the rearguard when he fights Gunther's invaders?
(a) Hagen.
(b) Ludeger.
(c) Dankwart.
(d) Gunther.

5. Who decides that it is time to bring the Nibelung's treasure to Burgundy?
(a) Kriemhild.
(b) Giselher.
(c) Hagen.
(d) Uote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Kriemhild forgive for involvement in the murder of Siegfried?

2. What does Kriemhild decide to do after Siegmund asks her to return with him?

3. Who counsels Kriemhild to speak to Gunther?

4. Why is King Etzel concerned that Kriemhild will not marry him?

5. What words spoken by Kriemhild pain Siegmund while he is convincing her to return to Siegfried's lands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kriemhild's relation to Rudiger and Gotelind?

2. What happens after Dankwart and Folker manage to bar the doors to the hall?

3. What is given as a dowry for the Margrave's daughter, and by whom?

4. Gunther falls in love with a queen across the sea who has an unusual gift and plan to find a husband. Who is this queen and what are her unusual gifts and ideas?

5. How does Rudeger convince Kriemhild to accept Etzel's offer of marriage?

6. Why do Kriemhild's brothers and mother think that she should marry Etzel?

7. Where does Siegfried go and with whom does he fight when he goes to raise a thousand soldiers to protect Gunther, Dancwart, and Hagen after Gunther has supposedly bested Brunhild in the contest of strength?

8. Why does Gunther parade the women in front of the knights at the tournament?

9. What is Kriemhild's role in Gunther's suit of Brunhild?

10. Describe Siegfried's fight with Ludeger.

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