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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen do when he agrees to take what Joukahainen offers?
(a) He allows Joukahainen to be drowned.
(b) He humiliates Joukahainen by turning him into a spider.
(c) He allows Joukahainen to return home.
(d) He tells Joukahainen the story of his own miserable future.

2. What does Ilmarinen ride off on, after he finds out where Vainamoinen is going?
(a) A magic sledge.
(b) A magic carpet.
(c) A hand-made boat.
(d) A crow's back.

3. What is Joukahainen's mother's reaction to Aino's marriage to Vainamoinen?
(a) She is envious of her daughter's good fortune.
(b) She is delighted that Aino will be married to someone of such repute.
(c) She is furious that Aino will be married to her enemy.
(d) She is distraught that Aino will be married to an old man.

4. Who is the Maid of Pohja?
(a) Aino.
(b) Vainamoinen's cousin.
(c) Louhi's daughter.
(d) Joukahainen's youngest sister.

5. What is happening when the Water-Mother experiences an upsurge of energy?
(a) The small bird's eggs are hatching on her knee.
(b) The Maid of Pohja is singing to her.
(c) Monsters are swallowing the sun.
(d) Lemminkainen is being born.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Vainamoinen wrestles with Vipunen?

2. Who impregnates the Water-Mother?

3. To whom does the little maid recount what she hears from Vainamoinen?

4. Which tree agrees to Sampsa's proposal to cut the tree down?

5. Where does Lemminkainen take his new bride?

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