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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does the hero of the Kalevala, Finland's folk epic, wear to protect himself when he travels to the underland? (from Chapters 12 - 13)

A copper shield.

Copper shoes and an iron shirt.

A bronze shield made for him by a god.

Shoes and a shirt made from bronze.

2.

Why do archaeologists think people made the dangerous journey to the Kollhellaren caves? (from Third Chamber - Chapter 8)

Because the landscape would preserve their cave paintings.

Because the caves were the most beautiful place in the area.

To test their endurance aganist the landscape.

As a rite of passage and to perform ceremonies.

3.

What does the old English word unweder or unweather mean? (from Chapter 10)

Weather so extreme it seems to come from another time or climate.

The lack of normal weather patterns.

When humans change the weather instead of nature.

To experience no rain or snow for an extended period of time.

4.

What model of forest life did Canadian forest ecologist Suzanne Simard propose in the 1990s? (from Chapter 4)

That forests were collaborative systems full of interrelationships.

That the collaborative systems of a forest communicate through trees.

That forests were competitive systems where the strong survived and the weak perished.

That fungi were the basis of all the systems in the forest.

5.

How to glaciers appear in Inuit stories? (from Chapter 11)

As malevolent forces that swallow people and villages.

As the creators of the world.

As actors, with awareness and intentions.

As inert masses of ice and snow.

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