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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Louhi do to get revenge on Lemminkainen for what Lemminkainen did to the Lord of Pohja?
(a) She banishes him from the wedding feast.
(b) She sends an army into his country to destroy his home.
(c) She cuts off his head and throws it into the sea.
(d) She conjures an army to pursue him.

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

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

5. How does Lemminkainen respond to his mother's warnings?
(a) He makes sure to bring all his weapons.
(b) He gets quiet and afraid, and reconsiders his decision.
(c) He hides his money carefully.
(d) He boasts about how he will overcome each encounter.

6. What does Lemminkainen discover when he returns from his hiding place?
(a) His parents and his friends have all died.
(b) His family is older and he does not recognize them.
(c) Much of what he remembers has been destroyed.
(d) Everything has been improved and modernized.

7. Who helps Louhi get her revenge for the theft of the Sampo?
(a) A storm.
(b) An old man.
(c) The Creator.
(d) Loviatar.

8. What does Louhi see Ilmarinen making that causes her to set her prisoners free?
(a) A magic sword to kill her.
(b) A woman to replace her.
(c) A poison sweetbread for her.
(d) A collar and chains to bind her.

9. How does Kullervo get revenge against the Daughter of Louhi?
(a) He convinces Ilmarinen to disavow her.
(b) He leads an army against her palace and besieges her.
(c) He contrives to have her devoured by beasts of his own devising.
(d) He poisons her.

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

11. What does Lemminkainen find in his food at the wedding feast?
(a) Cream filling.
(b) Pins.
(c) Stuffing.
(d) Worms.

12. What causes Lemminkainen to rush home to Pohja?
(a) A flock of seagulls.
(b) Fires.
(c) A flock of crows.
(d) Messengers from Louhi.

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

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

15. Who tells Kullervo that his family still lives while he is wandering through the forest?
(a) An old woman.
(b) The Daughter of Louhi.
(c) Ilmarinen.
(d) Untamo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louhi tell Ilmarinen when he returns to Pohja?

2. Who helps the young maiden brew beer?

3. Who kills the pike when Ilmarinen, Lemminkainen, and Vainamoinen run aground on the pike's back?

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

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

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