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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 reputation does Vainamoinen gain over time?
(a) He is known as a wise and wonderful storyteller.
(b) He is known as a fair and kind king to his people.
(c) He is known as a strange magician.
(d) He is known as a powerful warrior.

2. What sound does Vainamoinen find sad after he goes fishing?
(a) The cuckoo's song.
(b) The nightingale's song.
(c) The hummingbird's wings.
(d) The crow's call.

3. What does Aino do in response to Vainamoinen's request?
(a) She refuses to renounce her family.
(b) She drops her jewelry on the ground and runs home.
(c) She renounces her father.
(d) She offers to betray her brother.

4. What does Lemminkainen tell his bride when he arrives where he takes her?
(a) He threatens to kill her if she tries to escape.
(b) He tells her why he abducted her.
(c) He tells her the conditions she has to meet for him to free her.
(d) He promises to build her a bigger house.

5. Who helps Vainamoinen complete the tasks so that he can marry?
(a) Louhi.
(b) Annikki.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Ilmarinen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Vainamoinen where he is sailing?

2. What does Vainamoinen answer when he is asked where he is sailing to?

3. What does Vainamoinen do when he is listening to Joukahainen's stories?

4. What does Ilmarinen ride off on, after he finds out where Vainamoinen is going?

5. Who impregnates the Water-Mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Vainamoinen tells Aino to wear jewelry?

3. What happens when Lemminkainen happens upon the home of Louhi on his way to Pohja?

4. What happens when Lemminkainen and the Lord of Pohja start a conjuring duel?

5. What happens when Joukahainen prepares to hunt down Vainamoinen?

6. What happens when Lemminkainen decides to go to the wedding?

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

8. What story does Anio's mother tell her to make her feel better about marrying Vainamoinen?

9. How is the ox prepared for the wedding feast?

10. How do Joukahainen's mother and sister feel about the deal Joukahainen struck with Vainamoinen?

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