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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 Lemminkainen do to the Lord of Pohja's head?
(a) He cuts it off and puts it on a pole in the courtyard.
(b) He cuts it off and throws it in the sea.
(c) He cuts the Lord of Pohja's cheek with a carving knife.
(d) He beats the Lord of Pohja in the head with a mallet.

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

3. Who helps Vainamoinen complete the tasks so that he can marry?
(a) Ilmarinen.
(b) Annikki.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Louhi.

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

5. What does the Daughter of the Underworld tell Vainamoinen?
(a) The secret of immortality.
(b) That mortals are rarely allowed to leave.
(c) The wisdom of the gods.
(d) The method for making better ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lemminkainen discover when he returns from his hiding place?

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

3. Why does Annikki tell Ilmarinen where Vainamoinen is sailing?

4. Whose help does Vipunen ask for, to help him get rid of Vainamoinen?

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

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