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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Vainamoinen catch?
2. What does Aino do in response to Vainamoinen's request?
3. What does the character who was not banished do after all the others are banished from the room by Lemmenkainen?
4. What does Louhi do when she finds Vainamoinen?
5. What occasion marks the end of Lemminkainen and Kyllikki's happiness?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens after Vainamoinen refuses to cease working at his blacksmith's shop inside of Vipunen?
2. What happens after Vainamoinen tells the old man the story of the iron?
3. What happens when Vainamoinen goes to the underworld?
4. Who tries to play the kantele Vainamoinen makes?
5. What happens when Joukahainen finally spots Vainamoinen crossing the ocean?
6. How does Louhi get revenge for the loss of the Sampo?
7. What happens when Lemminkainen sees the fires from Pohja?
8. What happens when Vainamoinen disapproves of Joukahainen's stories?
9. What does Louhi say she wants in return for giving Vainamoinen safe passage home?
10. What do Marjetta's parents do when Marjetta gets pregnant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which parts of these tales are particular to their culture and their times? Which parts of these tales are eternal and apply to every human being? Using examples from the text, describe the culture that created these tales. And describe the timeless human nature that created the other parts of them.
Essay Topic 2
What rules govern hospitality in the Kalevala? Are guests expected to follow a certain code? Are hosts? What ties and what obligations bind them? Cite examples from the Kalevala to describe the guest-host bond in the Kalevala.
Essay Topic 3
Sometimes characters are brought back to life in the Kalevala. Who or what determines whether characters are let to die or are brought back to life? Is there a Fate-like agency that decides? Or is it the whim of the story? Choose three examples of characters dying or being brought back to life and from those instances, describe the significance of death in the Kalevala.
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