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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30.

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 Joukahainen do when he meets Vainamoinen?
(a) He challenges Vainamoinen to a javelin contest.
(b) He challenges Vainamoinen to a wrestling match.
(c) He challenges Vainamoinen to a race.
(d) He challenges Vainamoinen to a storytelling contest.

3. What does the person who comes to meet Vainamoinen say that Vainamoinen's purpose is when he arrives back home?
(a) To marry the Maid of Pohja.
(b) To defeat Ilmarinen.
(c) To seek an alliance with Annikki.
(d) To marry Louhi.

4. What are Joukahainen's stories like?
(a) They are childish and shallow.
(b) They are wise and considered.
(c) They are colorful and interesting.
(d) They are stories of battles and tournaments.

5. What happens when Vainamoinen wrestles with Vipunen?
(a) Vainamoinen swallows Vipunen.
(b) Vipunen swallows Vainamoinen.
(c) Vipunen tells Vainamoinen what he wants to know.
(d) Vainamoinen swallows the Daughter of the Underworld.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Joukahainen find Vainamoinen?

2. Who helps Vainamoinen complete the tasks so that he can marry?

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

4. What sound does Vainamoinen find sad after he goes fishing?

5. What does Vainamoinen build to convince Vipunen to tell him what he wants to know?

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