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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aino tell her mother when her mother asks about Aino's walk with Vainamoinen?
(a) Aino tells her the truth about how she lost her jewelry.
(b) Aino tells her mother that Vainamoinen is plotting against the family.
(c) Aino tells her mother that Vainamoinen stole her jewelry.
(d) Aino tells her that she was set upon by thieves.

2. When Vainamoinen's finally arrives at his destination, how is his arrival first announced?
(a) He appears in court.
(b) He announces themselves on the shore.
(c) Watchdogs bark at him
(d) His fighting with Ilmarinen can be heard in advance of their arrival.

3. What does Vainamoinen do when Louhi offers him food?
(a) He says that all he wants is go home.
(b) He passes out from exhaustion.
(c) He eats and is indebted to Louhi.
(d) He refuses the food because he is still grieving for Aino.

4. What does Vainamoinen do when he is listening to Joukahainen's stories?
(a) He kills Joukahainen with a sword.
(b) He slanders Joukahainen to the other listeners.
(c) He causes a swamp to rise up around Joukahainen.
(d) He runs and hides himself away.

5. Who ultimately helps Louhi do what she wants done?
(a) Ilmarinen.
(b) The Maid of Pohja.
(c) Vainamoinen.
(d) Joukahainen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who impregnates the Water-Mother?

2. How does Jourkahainen feel toward Vainamoinen in part 6 of the Kalevala?

3. What does Lemminkainen tell his bride when he arrives where he takes her?

4. Who helps Lemmenkainen capture the elk after his snowshoes break?

5. What do Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen agree to do when they arrive where they are going?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Vainamoinen's birth.

2. What happens when Vainamoinen prays for someone to cut down the enormous oak?

3. What does Louhi say she wants in return for giving Vainamoinen safe passage home?

4. How does Vainamoinen heal his people from Louhi's revenge?

5. How does Louhi ensure that there will be enough beer?

6. How do Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen liberate the sun and moon from the cave?

7. What happens when the Daughter of the Air comes to earth?

8. How does Ilmarinen fix the destruction caused by the light the Creator sent down to earth when the sun and moon were stolen?

9. How does Ilmarinen's wife express her distaste for Kullervo?

10. How does Vainamoinen kill the pike and what does he do with it after he kills it?

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