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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Louhi's daughter do when she and Ilmarinen stop for the night?
(a) She escapes.
(b) She writes to her mother.
(c) She carries on with another man.
(d) She convinces men in the inn to murder Ilmarinen.

3. What is Louhi worried about, with regard to the wedding feast?
(a) Keeping the guests in line.
(b) Having enough beer.
(c) Having too many guests.
(d) Getting the invitations out.

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

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

6. Who helps the young maiden brew beer?
(a) Louhi.
(b) The Maid of Pohja.
(c) Ilmarinen.
(d) A bear and a bee.

7. What do Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen encounter on their way to Pohja?
(a) A boat.
(b) Louhi.
(c) A seagull.
(d) An army.

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

9. What preparations are made for the marriage of Vainamoinen and the Maid of Pohja?
(a) An ox is butchered.
(b) A butcher is taught how to butcher an ox.
(c) Beer is prepared.
(d) Songs are taught to the musicians.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Ilmarinen make to help him achieve the task he wants Vainamoinen to help him with?
(a) A sword.
(b) A boat.
(c) A grinder.
(d) A woman.

15. Who helps Vainamoinen cure the plagues and afflictions Louhi sends into his land?
(a) Lemminkainen.
(b) Ilmarinen.
(c) An old man.
(d) One of Louhi's daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What allows Lemminkainen, Vainamoinen, and Ilmarinen to pass through the waterfall?

2. What happens after Vainamoinen reaches the cave where Louhi is keeping her prisoners?

3. What does the Maid of Pohja learn about how her married life will be different?

4. Who does Kullervo seduce on his way back from a financial errand?

5. How does Ilmarinen's wife, the Daughter of Louhi, express her dislike for Kullervo?

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