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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. Where does Vainamoinen plant his tree?

2. What does Joukahainen offer Vainamoinen after Vainamoinen listens to his story?

3. What happens when the eagle drops Vainamoinen?

4. What does the person who comes to meet Vainamoinen say that Vainamoinen's purpose is when he arrives back home?

5. Whom does Lemminkainen resolve to win?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the people tell the Maid of Pohja about marriage?

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

3. What happens when the Daughter of the Air comes to earth?

4. What reputation does Vainamoinen acquire over time?

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

6. How do Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen liberate the sun and moon from the cave?

7. Describe Lemminkainen's courtship of Kyllikki.

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

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

10. How does Ilmarinen end up with another of Louhi's daughters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What rules govern hospitality in the Kalevala? Are guests expected to follow a certain code? Are hosts? What ties and what obligations bind them? Cite examples from the Kalevala to describe the guest-host bond in the Kalevala.

Essay Topic 2

What kind of justice applies in the Kalevala? Is murder always punished? Is theft always punished? Is the justice always the same or does it vary? Citing examples from the text, describe justice in the Kalevala.

Essay Topic 3

Is the Kalevala for children or for adults? Is it for everyone? Use examples from the tales to describe what the Kalevala offers for either audience.

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