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

2. How does this lumberjack cut down such an enormous tree?
(a) He summons a team of beavers.
(b) He turns into a huge, armor clad warrior.
(c) He pulls the tree up with his bare hands.
(d) He calls a team of lumberjacks.

3. What does Markahattu do to Lemmenkainen?
(a) He feeds his body to birds.
(b) He burns his body in a fire.
(c) He feeds his body to bees.
(d) He disposes of his body in a river.

4. How does Vainamoinen escape from the Underworld?
(a) He wrestles with the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the Underworld.
(b) He defeats Vipunen in single combat.
(c) He transforms himself into a small snake-like animal.
(d) He offers to marry the Daughter of the Underworld.

5. What does the Storyteller tell us in the first stanzas?
(a) He describes the people whose epic he is going to sing.
(b) He announces that he is going to sing of war and gods.
(c) He describes the beginning of the world.
(d) He describes his need to pass on the ancient wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vipunen ultimately tell Vainamoinen what he wants to know?

2. What does Vainamoinen ride on his journey?

3. Which tree does Vainamoinen leave standing?

4. What does Joukahainen do when he meets Vainamoinen?

5. What reputation does Vainamoinen gain over time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Lemminkainen's mother brings him back to life.

2. Why does Vainamoinen go down to the underworld?

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

4. How does Vainamoinen convince Ilmarinen to help him steal the Sampo in Pohja?

5. What tasks does the Maid of Pohja demand of Vainamoinen when he proposes to her?

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

7. What happens after Vainamoinen tells the old man the story of the iron?

8. What does Vainamoinen tell his friends when he arrives home?

9. What happens when Vainamoinen tries to help the oak grow?

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

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