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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Vainamoinen's finally arrives at his destination, how is his arrival first announced?
(a) He announces themselves on the shore.
(b) His fighting with Ilmarinen can be heard in advance of their arrival.
(c) Watchdogs bark at him
(d) He appears in court.

2. Where does Vainamoinen's mother suggest he look for a bride?
(a) In the cave of jewels.
(b) At the bottom of the sea.
(c) In the Land of Pohja.
(d) In the ocean.

3. What does the Storyteller tell us in the first stanzas?
(a) He describes his need to pass on the ancient wisdom.
(b) He describes the beginning of the world.
(c) He announces that he is going to sing of war and gods.
(d) He describes the people whose epic he is going to sing.

4. What does Vainamoinen do when Louhi offers him food?
(a) He refuses the food because he is still grieving for Aino.
(b) He passes out from exhaustion.
(c) He eats and is indebted to Louhi.
(d) He says that all he wants is go home.

5. What song does Louhi's child sing after Vainamoinen has completed the tasks?
(a) A song about a maiden who married a god.
(b) A song about a hunter who captured a magical deer.
(c) A song about an eagle that carried away maiden.
(d) A song about a turtle who carried a magical world on his back.

6. What is Joukahainen's mother's reaction to Aino's marriage to Vainamoinen?
(a) She is distraught that Aino will be married to an old man.
(b) She is envious of her daughter's good fortune.
(c) She is delighted that Aino will be married to someone of such repute.
(d) She is furious that Aino will be married to her enemy.

7. What does Lemmenkainen do when his happiness with Kyllikki ends?
(a) He gives Kyllikki back to her mother.
(b) He marries Kyllikki to the Moon.
(c) He sends Kyllikki away.
(d) He resolves to travel to Pohja.

8. What does Vainamionen do with the wood Sampsa brings back to Vainamoinen?
(a) Builds a lodge.
(b) Builds a house.
(c) Shapes it into a boat.
(d) Shapes it into a series of tools.

9. What does Aino tell her mother when her mother asks about Aino's walk with Vainamoinen?
(a) Aino tells her mother that Vainamoinen is plotting against the family.
(b) Aino tells her mother that Vainamoinen stole her jewelry.
(c) Aino tells her the truth about how she lost her jewelry.
(d) Aino tells her that she was set upon by thieves.

10. Where does Vainamoinen plant his tree?
(a) In the ocean.
(b) In a bird's nest.
(c) In the ashes of a fire.
(d) In an eggshell.

11. Who is the Maid of Pohja?
(a) Vainamoinen's cousin.
(b) Joukahainen's youngest sister.
(c) Aino.
(d) Louhi's daughter.

12. What does Vainamoinen resolve to build at the beginning of Part 16?
(a) A tampo.
(b) A cave.
(c) A boat.
(d) A tree.

13. What does Vainamoinen tell the living creatures after he returns from the Underworld?
(a) He tells them the magic words he learned there.
(b) He tells them all about the Daughter of the Underworld.
(c) He describes the horrors he saw.
(d) He tells them not to go there themselves.

14. Who sets out the series of tasks Vainamoinen must complete if he is going to marry?
(a) Louhi.
(b) Ilmarinen.
(c) Annikki.
(d) The Maid of Pohja.

15. What does Lemmenkainen's mother ask of Ilmarinen?
(a) She asks him to build her a Sampo.
(b) She asks him to make a rake for her.
(c) She asks him to knit Lemmenkainen back together.
(d) She asks him for a potion that will heal Lemmenkainen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen tell Louhi in response to her request?

2. What reputation does Vainamoinen gain over time?

3. What does the person who comes to meet Vainamoinen say that Vainamoinen's purpose is when he arrives back home?

4. What is the little maid doing when she hears Vainamoinen?

5. Who asks Vainamoinen where he is sailing?

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