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Kalevala Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen catch?
(a) He catches Aino, who tells him a new technique for catching fish.
(b) He catches a salmon that was in fact Aino.
(c) He catches a fish that tells him how to catch Aino.
(d) He catches a number of fish, but none of them is Aino.

2. What condition is the Water-Mother trying to find relief from?
(a) She suffers a pregnancy she cannot give birth to.
(b) She suffers a broken foot.
(c) She has been split off from the male counterpart of the cosmos.
(d) She has been drowned in a flood.

3. Where does Lemminkainen take his new bride?
(a) Home to his hovel.
(b) To the land of Pohja.
(c) To the seaside.
(d) Home to his castle.

4. What sound does Vainamoinen find sad after he goes fishing?
(a) The hummingbird's wings.
(b) The crow's call.
(c) The nightingale's song.
(d) The cuckoo's song.

5. What does Lemminkainen do to press his suit?
(a) He bribes the woman's brother.
(b) He tricks her into coming to his hut.
(c) He takes a job as a shepherd.
(d) He bribes the Creator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Storyteller tell us in the first stanzas?

2. Where does Vainamoinen want to send his friend Sampsa at the beginning of part 16?

3. Who is the Maid of Pohja?

4. What is Vainamoinen missing as he works with the wood Sampsa brought him?

5. What does Louhi ask from Vainamoinen in return for her help?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vainamoinen convince Vipunen to tell him the three magic words?

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

3. What additional challenges does Louhi assign to Lemminkainen?

4. How is Lemminkainen entertained at the wedding?

5. What happens to the chips that come from cutting down the mighty oak?

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

7. What reputation does Vainamoinen acquire over time?

8. Describe Lemminkainen and Kyllikki's arrival at Lemminkainen's home.

9. Describe how Lemminkainen's mother brings him back to life.

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

(see the answer keys)

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