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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lemminkainen respond to his mother's warnings?
(a) He gets quiet and afraid, and reconsiders his decision.
(b) He boasts about how he will overcome each encounter.
(c) He hides his money carefully.
(d) He makes sure to bring all his weapons.

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

3. What does Lemminkainen's mother warn him about when he is preparing to go away?
(a) The possibility that he will never return.
(b) The dangers he will face on his journey.
(c) The danger of his absence in his father's illness.
(d) The insult he is giving to Vainamoinen.

4. What does the character do who is not welcome at the wedding?
(a) He complains to Vainamoinen.
(b) He gets angry and prepares to go away.
(c) He threatens Vainamoinen with violence.
(d) He makes a scene by telling ominous stories.

5. What does Kullervo's mother tell him after she hears about the woman he seduced?
(a) She tells him to introduce her to the girl's parents.
(b) She tells him to go away.
(c) She tells him to take the girl to Untamo.
(d) She tells him to marry the girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Louhi capture and lock up in a cave?

2. What happens when Vainamoinen, Ilmarinen, and Lemminkainen ask Louhi for the Sampo?

3. How does Kullervo speak about his family when his mother asks him not to leave?

4. Whom does Lemminkainen seek out to help him get revenge on the armies that had pursued him?

5. What comes out of the giant fish's belly?

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