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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 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 refuses the food because he is still grieving for Aino.
(d) He eats and is indebted to Louhi.

2. Who collects the chips that come from cutting down the tree Vainamoinen plants?
(a) Louhi.
(b) Ilmatar.
(c) Lemminkainen.
(d) The Maid of Pohja.

3. Whom does Lemminkainen resolve to win?
(a) The Maid of Pohja.
(b) Kyllikki.
(c) Louhi.
(d) Aino.

4. What does Vainamoinen catch?
(a) He catches a fish that tells him how to catch Aino.
(b) He catches Aino, who tells him a new technique for catching fish.
(c) He catches a salmon that was in fact Aino.
(d) He catches a number of fish, but none of them is Aino.

5. How does Jourkahainen feel toward Vainamoinen in part 6 of the Kalevala?
(a) He is jealousy and resentful.
(b) He is anxious to make an alliance with Vainamoinen.
(c) He is full of admiration.
(d) He wants to repay Vainamoinen for the indignities he suffered.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vainamoinen ride on his journey?

3. Where does Vainamoinen's mother suggest he look for a bride?

4. What does Louhi ask from Vainamoinen in return for her help?

5. Who helps Lemmenkainen's mother reassemble Lemmenkainen's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Storyteller describe the purpose of his stories at the end?

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

3. How do Vainamoinen, Ilmarinen, and Lemminkainen steal the Sampo?

4. Describe Lemminkainen's courtship of Kyllikki.

5. Describe Lemminkainen's elk hunt.

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

7. What does Vainamoinen suggest when the Old Man says that Marjetta's son must be tested before he can be baptized?

8. What does the Maid of Pohja dream, and what does her dream signify?

9. Describe Vainamoinen's birth.

10. How does Kullervo end up being sold to Ilmarinen?

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