View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Louhi do when she finds Vainamoinen?
(a) She convinces her son to kill him.
(b) She takes him to her home and bathes him.
(c) She offers him her daughter's hand.
(d) She protects him from her son.

2. What name is the Water-Mother given?
(a) Louhi.
(b) Earth Mother.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Ilmatar.

3. Who cuts down the tree Vainamoinen plants?
(a) A very small man.
(b) Lemminkainen.
(c) Louhi.
(d) Two farmers.

4. Why does Annikki tell Ilmarinen where Vainamoinen is sailing?
(a) She wants to set up a meeting between Ilmarinen and Vainamoinen.
(b) She wants Ilmarinen to marry the maid of Pohja.
(c) She wants to make sure that Vainamoinen does not reveal Ilmarinen's secrets.
(d) She wants Ilmarinen to get his revenge on Vainamoinen.

5. Which tree does Vainamoinen leave standing?
(a) The laurel.
(b) The aspen.
(c) The birch.
(d) The oak.

6. What does Vainamoinen do when he agrees to take what Joukahainen offers?
(a) He allows Joukahainen to return home.
(b) He humiliates Joukahainen by turning him into a spider.
(c) He allows Joukahainen to be drowned.
(d) He tells Joukahainen the story of his own miserable future.

7. Who comes after the Water-Mother prays for relief?
(a) Louhi.
(b) A small bird.
(c) Vainamoinen.
(d) The Maid of Pohja.

8. Who helps Lemmenkainen capture the elk after his snowshoes break?
(a) Louhi's daughter's governess.
(b) The gods of the mountains.
(c) The gods of the forest.
(d) The god of the dark cave.

9. How does Aino's mother console her when Aino is crying about marrying Vainamoinen?
(a) She reminds Aino that she left her own home when she married.
(b) She introduces Aino to the transcendent nature of family.
(c) She tells Aino that this will be the perfect opportunity for the family to take revenge.
(d) She says that her family's home is not the only place where flowers bloom.

10. Who impregnates the Water-Mother?
(a) The sea.
(b) Vainamoinen.
(c) A small bird.
(d) An acorn.

11. What does Vainamoinen build to convince Vipunen to tell him what he wants to know?
(a) A castle.
(b) A hovel.
(c) A grinder.
(d) A forge.

12. What happens when Lemmenkainen catches the elk?
(a) He kills it.
(b) He leads it back to Louhi.
(c) It attacks a village.
(d) It escapes.

13. What happens when the eagle drops Vainamoinen?
(a) Vainamoinen gets lonely and begins to cry.
(b) Vainamoinen kills Joukahainen.
(c) Vainamoinen finds Aino in the form of an elk.
(d) Vainamoinen finds the cave with the jewels.

14. What condition does Louhi impose on Lemmenkainen before she can give him what he wants?
(a) He has to defeat the gods in a hunting contest.
(b) He has to defeat Markahattu in a storytelling contest.
(c) He has to go out on snowshoes and capture a mighty elk.
(d) He has to walk across the ocean.

15. What does the Daughter of the Underworld tell Vainamoinen?
(a) The method for making better ships.
(b) The wisdom of the gods.
(c) The secret of immortality.
(d) That mortals are rarely allowed to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the eagle take Vainamoinen when it rescues him?

2. What does Vainamoinen do when Louhi offers him food?

3. What is Vainamoinen thinking about when the eagle rescues him?

4. Who is the Maid of Pohja?

5. What happens after Joukahainen fires at Vainamoinen?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 613 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample