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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 Lemmenkainen demand of Louhi after he banishes the storytellers?

2. What does Ilmarinen ride off on, after he finds out where Vainamoinen is going?

3. What happens after Joukahainen fires at Vainamoinen?

4. What does Joukahainen do when he meets Vainamoinen?

5. What happens when Joukahainen fires at Vainamoinen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens after Vainamoinen refuses to cease working at his blacksmith's shop inside of Vipunen?

3. How does Vainamoinen convince Ilmarinen to help him steal the Sampo in Pohja?

4. Describe Lemminkainen's elk hunt.

5. What happens when Vainamoinen goes to the underworld?

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

7. How do Joukahainen's mother and sister feel about the deal Joukahainen struck with Vainamoinen?

8. What happens after Vainamoinen tells the old man the story of the iron?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Are Lemmenkainen, Vainamoinen, and Ilmarinen heroes or gods? Are they immortal and fixed like constellations in their personalities? Or are they people who are larger than life because of their deeds and personalities? Cite examples from the text that support one argument or the other.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

On more than one occasion, a woman is unfaithful to the man she is with or married to. What role does infidelity play in the Kalevala? Is there an expectation of fidelity in marriage? Is there a different expectation? When characters marry in the Kalevala, is their marriage the same as an ordinary marriage, or are the Kalevala marriages different?

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