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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lemmenkainen demand of Louhi after he banishes the storytellers?
(a) He wants to know the secret of her immortality.
(b) He wants her to give him her daughter in marriage.
(c) He wants to know how to get rid of Markahattu.
(d) He wants to know who he will marry.

2. What does Ilmarinen ride off on, after he finds out where Vainamoinen is going?
(a) A hand-made boat.
(b) A magic sledge.
(c) A magic carpet.
(d) A crow's back.

3. What does Joukahainen offer Vainamoinen after Vainamoinen listens to his story?
(a) Gold, horses, and armor.
(b) Jewels and gold.
(c) His life.
(d) Magic cloaks and swords.

4. What condition is the Water-Mother trying to find relief from?
(a) She suffers a broken foot.
(b) She has been drowned in a flood.
(c) She has been split off from the male counterpart of the cosmos.
(d) She suffers a pregnancy she cannot give birth to.

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

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

7. Which tree agrees to Sampsa's proposal to cut the tree down?
(a) An oak.
(b) A cedar.
(c) A fir.
(d) A spruce.

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

9. Who is not banished from the fire by Lemmenkainen's magical songs?
(a) Louhi.
(b) Ilmarinen.
(c) Kyllikki.
(d) Markahattu.

10. How does Vainamoinen escape from the Underworld?
(a) He wrestles with the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the Underworld.
(b) He transforms himself into a small snake-like animal.
(c) He defeats Vipunen in single combat.
(d) He offers to marry the Daughter of the Underworld.

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

12. What sound does Vainamoinen find sad after he goes fishing?
(a) The hummingbird's wings.
(b) The nightingale's song.
(c) The cuckoo's song.
(d) The crow's call.

13. What does Vainamoinen ride on his journey?
(a) A magical elk.
(b) An burro.
(c) A magical salmon.
(d) A magical crow.

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

15. What does Lemminkainen tell his bride when he arrives where he takes her?
(a) He promises to build her a bigger house.
(b) He tells her the conditions she has to meet for him to free her.
(c) He threatens to kill her if she tries to escape.
(d) He tells her why he abducted her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lemminkainen take his new bride?

2. What does Joukahainen shoot at Vainamoinen with?

3. What does Lemmenkainen do when his happiness with Kyllikki ends?

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

5. Where does Vainamoinen want to send his friend Sampsa at the beginning of part 16?

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