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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who survives Untamo's attack on Kalervo's home?
(a) A pregnant woman.
(b) Ilmarinen.
(c) Kalervo.
(d) The daughter of Louhi.

2. What does Vainamoinen try to convince Ilmarinen to help him do?
(a) Steal the Sampo from Pohja.
(b) Steal a different daughter from Louhi.
(c) Steal jewels from Louhi.
(d) Revenge himself on the daughter of Louhi.

3. What preparations are made for the marriage of Vainamoinen and the Maid of Pohja?
(a) Songs are taught to the musicians.
(b) Beer is prepared.
(c) A butcher is taught how to butcher an ox.
(d) An ox is butchered.

4. What happens on the first morning when Ilmarinen wakes up next to the woman he created?
(a) She is confused to discover herself.
(b) She is cold and unresponsive.
(c) She is happy to see him, and grateful to him.
(d) She is angry that he did not make her complete.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kullervo hears the story of his sister's disappearance. What was she doing when she disappeared?

2. What does the Old Man by the Fire say about stories of children?

3. Where does Ilmarinen go to make himself a new wife?

4. What does Vainamoinen do when he sees that Louhi has freed her prisoners?

5. Who does Kullervo seduce on his way back from a financial errand?

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