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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ilmarinen use to make himself a new wife?
(a) Grease and herbs.
(b) Sticks and mud.
(c) Silver and gold.
(d) Water and seaweed.

2. Whom does Lemminkainen seek out to help him get revenge on the armies that had pursued him?
(a) Annikki.
(b) The Storyteller.
(c) Tiera.
(d) Frost.

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

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

5. 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.

6. What comes out of the giant fish's belly?
(a) Fire.
(b) Mountains.
(c) The moon.
(d) Smaller fish.

7. What happens after Vainamoinen reaches the cave where Louhi is keeping her prisoners?
(a) He frees Louhi's daughter.
(b) He uses magic to free the prisoners.
(c) He is overcome by a giant dog.
(d) He cannot break the locks at first.

8. How does Kullervo speak about his family when his mother asks him not to leave?
(a) Respectfully.
(b) Contemptuously.
(c) Affectionately.
(d) Dismissively.

9. What does Louhi tell Ilmarinen when he returns to Pohja?
(a) She says that she will not give him another daughter.
(b) She upbraids him for the death of her daughter.
(c) She says that he is welcome with his new bride.
(d) She tells him that his craftsmanship is superb.

10. What do Vainamoinen's tears turn into after they drop into the sea?
(a) Pikes.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Pearls.
(d) Boats.

11. What does Vainamoinen do when he sees that Louhi has freed her prisoners?
(a) He cracks the mountain open and imprisons Louhi in it.
(b) He builds a boat and sails home.
(c) He sings a song of thanks.
(d) He releases Louhi from his chains.

12. Who alerts Louhi to the theft of the Sampo?
(a) A pike.
(b) A heron.
(c) A crow.
(d) A storm.

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

14. What does Lemminkainen do to the Lord of Pohja's head?
(a) He cuts the Lord of Pohja's cheek with a carving knife.
(b) He cuts it off and throws it in the sea.
(c) He beats the Lord of Pohja in the head with a mallet.
(d) He cuts it off and puts it on a pole in the courtyard.

15. Who kills the pike when Ilmarinen, Lemminkainen, and Vainamoinen run aground on the pike's back?
(a) Lemminkainen.
(b) Ilmarinen.
(c) Louhi.
(d) Vainamoinen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose praises does Vainamoinen sing at Ilmarinen's home?

2. What does Ilmarinen tell his metallic bride when he wakes up beside her?

3. What happens on the first morning when Ilmarinen wakes up next to the woman he created?

4. How does Kullervo get revenge against the Daughter of Louhi?

5. Whom does Louhi capture and lock up in a cave?

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