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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Vainamoinen complete the tasks so that he can marry?

2. Who comes after the Water-Mother prays for relief?

3. What does Lemmenkainen demand of Louhi after he banishes the storytellers?

4. What does Vainamoinen resolve to build at the beginning of Part 16?

5. What does Markahattu do to Lemmenkainen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Vainamoinen make pearls by playing the kantele?

5. Describe Lemminkainen's elk hunt.

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

7. What happens when Vainamoinen disapproves of Joukahainen's stories?

8. How does Louhi get revenge for the loss of the Sampo?

9. Describe Lemminkainen's courtship of Kyllikki.

10. How does Marjetta lose and then find her baby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of animals and monsters in the Kalevala. Are they all of the same class, or are there different kinds of beasts? Citing three examples from the text, describe the nature and use of beasts and monsters in the Kalevala.

Essay Topic 2

Is there evidence of authorial inconsistency? Do the tales seem to flow as one overarching narrative, or are they a collection of different and contradictory stories? Do different stories teach different morals?

Essay Topic 3

What glimpses do you get into the everyday lives of the Finns who composed the Kalevala? What was their life like? What did they value, and what were they afraid of? What technologies did they have? What gods did they believe in? What customs did they follow?

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