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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Kriemhild do to the hall in which six hundred Burgundians are trapped?
2. In Adventure 39, what does Dietrich regret doing to Gunther?
3. What does Hildebrand request from the Burgundians?
4. Who is credited with fighting a good fight in Adventure 35, besides Hagen and Volker?
5. Who is killed when Hagen and Gelfrat meet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Knowing how the story ends, are Gunther and Gernot's action wise when they decide to introduce Kriemhild to Siegfried? Why or why not? What are the goals they want to achieve by the introduction of Kriemhild and Siegfried, and did they achieve them? Why or why not? Provide examples from the novel to support your argument.
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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