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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. What does Lemminkainen tell his bride when he arrives where he takes her?

2. What are the chips from Vainamoinen's tree turned into?

3. Where does the Storyteller get his story?

4. What was the Water-Mother's name before she became the Water-Mother?

5. Where does Lemminkainen take his new bride?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Vainamoinen is rescued by the eagle?

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when Joukahainen finally spots Vainamoinen crossing the ocean?

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

8. What happens when Lemminkainen and the Lord of Pohja start a conjuring duel?

9. Describe Lemminkainen's elk hunt.

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

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

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 3

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?

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