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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lemminkainen do to the Lord of Pohja's head?
(a) He cuts it off and throws it in the sea.
(b) He cuts the Lord of Pohja's cheek with a carving knife.
(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.

2. Whose praises does Vainamoinen sing at Ilmarinen's home?
(a) Ilmarinen's.
(b) His own.
(c) Lokka's.
(d) The Maid of Pohja's.

3. Who tells the Maid of Pohja about how her life will be different once she is married?
(a) Ilmarinen.
(b) Louhi.
(c) Old women of the household.
(d) Vainamoinen.

4. In what form does Louhi attack Vainamoinen, Ilmarinen, and Lemminkainen's ship?
(a) As a bear.
(b) As a pike.
(c) As a giant eagle.
(d) As a storm.

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

6. How does Untamo try to break Kullevo's spirit?
(a) He kills Kullervo's beloved.
(b) He gives Kullervo menial jobs.
(c) He tortures Kullervo.
(d) He burns down Kullervo's home.

7. What does the character do who is not welcome at the wedding?
(a) He complains to Vainamoinen.
(b) He makes a scene by telling ominous stories.
(c) He threatens Vainamoinen with violence.
(d) He gets angry and prepares to go away.

8. What does Untamo ultimately do with Kullervo?
(a) He sells him to Ilmarinen.
(b) He teaches him to hunt.
(c) He leaves him on an island.
(d) He turns him into a goat.

9. How does Vainamoinen keep Louhi and her soldiers from catching up with him and Lemminkainen and Ilmarinen?
(a) He sings them to sleep.
(b) He kills them with his sword.
(c) He tricks them into going the wrong direction.
(d) He conjures a reef on which their ship wrecks.

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

11. What does Lemminkainen say when he arrives at the wedding feast?
(a) He curses the bride and groom.
(b) He demands to be greeted and fed properly.
(c) He threatens the Maid of Pohja.
(d) He challenges Vainamoinen to a fight.

12. Kullervo hears the story of his sister's disappearance. What was she doing when she disappeared?
(a) Picking flowers.
(b) Gathering berries.
(c) Washing her hair.
(d) Washing clothes in a river.

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

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

15. How does Ilmarinen punish Louhi's daughter?
(a) He throws her out into the cold without clothes.
(b) He turns her into a seabird.
(c) He tells vicious stories about her.
(d) He eats her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louhi's daughter do when Ilmarinen takes her with him?

2. What does Louhi do when she finds that the Sampo is gone?

3. What does Lemminkainen discover when he returns from his hiding place?

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

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

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