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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Maid of Pohja learn about how her married life will be different?
(a) They tell her that she is safer now that she is a woman and can answer her husband's authority with her own.
(b) They tell her that she is in charge of her mother's household now in addition to her husband's.
(c) She is told that she will never feel as safe in her husband's home as she was in her family's.
(d) They tell her that she must bear children within the first year in order to have a happy marriage.

2. What does Louhi see Ilmarinen making that causes her to set her prisoners free?
(a) A collar and chains to bind her.
(b) A woman to replace her.
(c) A magic sword to kill her.
(d) A poison sweetbread for her.

3. What does the Lord of Pohja offer Lemminkainen after Lemminkainen complains about the food?
(a) A drinking cup.
(b) A stream to drink from.
(c) A shield.
(d) A bride.

4. When does Kullervo's mother die?
(a) While he is at war with Untamo.
(b) While he is looking for the meaning of his life.
(c) While he is on his way home from the sea.
(d) While he is pleading with her for permission to leave.

5. How does Kullervo get revenge against the Daughter of Louhi?
(a) He poisons her.
(b) He leads an army against her palace and besieges her.
(c) He contrives to have her devoured by beasts of his own devising.
(d) He convinces Ilmarinen to disavow her.

6. What is Louhi worried about, with regard to the wedding feast?
(a) Getting the invitations out.
(b) Having too many guests.
(c) Having enough beer.
(d) Keeping the guests in line.

7. What does the Child tell the Maid of Pohja when she bursts into tears?
(a) He says that she is going to be much more alone in the future.
(b) He tells her that she should console herself by having children.
(c) He says that she is marrying the best of men.
(d) He tells her that with luck she will escape from her husband.

8. What does Vainamoinen make out of the pike's body?
(a) A sword.
(b) A harp.
(c) An oar.
(d) A grinder.

9. What does Louhi send to attack Vainamoinen after the plagues?
(a) A giant dog.
(b) A flock of crows.
(c) A swarm of bees.
(d) A bear.

10. Who helps Vainamoinen cure the plagues and afflictions Louhi sends into his land?
(a) One of Louhi's daughters.
(b) Lemminkainen.
(c) An old man.
(d) Ilmarinen.

11. How does Kullervo perform his tasks on the family farm?
(a) He changes how everything is done.
(b) He invents tools for every little task.
(c) He damages everything he touches.
(d) He whips everything into shape.

12. Where does Lemminkainen hide after the wedding feast?
(a) On an island of women.
(b) In a new country to the west.
(c) In a chest in his mother's bedroom.
(d) In a closet off of of his mother's kitchen.

13. Who is explicitly not invited to the wedding of Vainamoinen and the Maid of Pohja?
(a) Ilmarinen.
(b) Louhi.
(c) Lemminkainen.
(d) Annikki.

14. How does Ilmarinen get one of Louhi's daughters to go with him?
(a) He kidnaps her.
(b) He sings to her.
(c) He threatens her.
(d) He promises her jewelry.

15. What does Lemminkainen's mother warn him about when he is preparing to go away?
(a) The dangers he will face on his journey.
(b) The possibility that he will never return.
(c) The insult he is giving to Vainamoinen.
(d) The danger of his absence in his father's illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ilmarinen use to make himself a new wife?

2. How does Ilmarinen's wife, the Daughter of Louhi, express her dislike for Kullervo?

3. How does Untamo try to break Kullevo's spirit?

4. Who survives Untamo's attack on Kalervo's home?

5. What does Ilmarinen make to help him achieve the task he wants Vainamoinen to help him with?

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