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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the little maid doing when she hears Vainamoinen?
(a) She is taking off her jewels.
(b) She is fishing.
(c) She is doing her daily chores.
(d) She is collecting firewood.

2. What happens when the eagle drops Vainamoinen?
(a) Vainamoinen finds the cave with the jewels.
(b) Vainamoinen finds Aino in the form of an elk.
(c) Vainamoinen gets lonely and begins to cry.
(d) Vainamoinen kills Joukahainen.

3. How does Jourkahainen feel toward Vainamoinen in part 6 of the Kalevala?
(a) He is jealousy and resentful.
(b) He wants to repay Vainamoinen for the indignities he suffered.
(c) He is anxious to make an alliance with Vainamoinen.
(d) He is full of admiration.

4. Who collects the chips that come from cutting down the tree Vainamoinen plants?
(a) Louhi.
(b) Ilmatar.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Lemminkainen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen do when he agrees to take what Joukahainen offers?

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

3. Where does the eagle take Vainamoinen when it rescues him?

4. Which tree does Vainamoinen leave standing?

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

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