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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do people respond to Vainamoinen's singing?
(a) They go into a frenzy.
(b) They go to their homes.
(c) They sing his songs to their children.
(d) They begin to weep.

3. 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 says that she is going to be much more alone in the future.
(c) He says that she is marrying the best of men.
(d) He tells her that she should console herself by having children.

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

5. What happens to Lemminkainen and his friend on their way to get revenge against Pohja?
(a) They are drowned on their way to Pohja.
(b) They meet with mermaids who prophecy their fate.
(c) They kill the ferryman who could have taken them into Pohja.
(d) They lose their way after Frost freezes their boat in the water.

6. What does Louhi's daughter do when Ilmarinen takes her with him?
(a) Plots to kill Ilmarinen.
(b) Falls in love with Ilmarinen.
(c) Bemoans her fate.
(d) Tries to escape.

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

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

9. What does Louhi do when she finds that the Sampo is gone?
(a) She uses her magic to bring it back.
(b) She sends fish to swallow the thieves.
(c) She builds another one.
(d) She sends storms after the thieves.

10. What does Lemminkainen's mother warn him about when he is preparing to go away?
(a) The dangers he will face on his journey.
(b) The insult he is giving to Vainamoinen.
(c) The danger of his absence in his father's illness.
(d) The possibility that he will never return.

11. Who is explicitly not invited to the wedding of Vainamoinen and the Maid of Pohja?
(a) Annikki.
(b) Lemminkainen.
(c) Louhi.
(d) Ilmarinen.

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

13. What do Vainamoinen and his people do with the beast(s) Louhi sends to attack them?
(a) They kill the crows with stones.
(b) They kill the bear and eat it.
(c) They capture the bees in trees and make mead from their honey.
(d) They tame the dog and teach it to hunt.

14. What happens on the first morning when Ilmarinen wakes up next to the woman he created?
(a) She is confused to discover herself.
(b) She is happy to see him, and grateful to him.
(c) She is cold and unresponsive.
(d) She is angry that he did not make her complete.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When does Kullervo's mother die?

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

5. What is Louhi worried about, with regard to the wedding feast?

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