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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Dietrich take Hagen?
2. What favor does Folker ask of Rudeger when the Burgundians arrive in Rudeger's stronghold?
3. Who announces in front of the company at the Margrave's home that he would wish to have the Margrave's daughter as a wife?
4. Whom does Kriemhild find to avenge Siegfried's death?
5. What do the Burgundian leaders propose to do after the battle in the feast hall?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is the bloodshed that takes place in the Hungarian hall Kriemhild's doing, or does she bring about something that the men have created themselves? Is she driving the men with her grief, or is she just a catalyst for the justice that should have been enacted in the first place?
Essay Topic 2
Knowing how the story ends, was Gunther and Gernot's action wise when they decided to introduce Kriemhild to Siegfried? Write an essay that explains whether the story of carnage and destruction that starts through the introduction of Kriemhild to Siegfried is destined to end as it does or whether free will determines the events. Provide examples from the novel to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Iring identifies himself as a man who has abandoned himself to the pursuit of honor. Write an essay that explains what Iring shows the reader about honor. Write an essay to answer these questions:
Part 1: Which of his actions show that he is honorable? In light of those deeds, how does Iring appear to the reader when he runs to his kinsmen after being knocked unconscious? Why?
Part 2: Why does Iring returns to fight Hagen after he runs from the hall, wounding Hagen on the way out. Is he still exhibiting honorable behavior? Why or why not? Are his dying words honorable? Why or why not?
Use examples from the poem to support your argument.
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