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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Joukahainen fires at Vainamoinen?
(a) His mother intervenes to protect Vainamoinen.
(b) His second shot kills Vainamoinen.
(c) His third shot kills the magical elk.
(d) His first shot kills Vainamoinen.

2. What story does the Storyteller tell first?
(a) The story of how the world was made.
(b) The story of discovery of language.
(c) The story of the first man.
(d) The story of how he first heard his story.

3. What does Vainamionen do with the wood Sampsa brings back to Vainamoinen?
(a) Builds a lodge.
(b) Builds a house.
(c) Shapes it into a series of tools.
(d) Shapes it into a boat.

4. Who cuts down the tree Vainamoinen plants?
(a) Lemminkainen.
(b) Two farmers.
(c) A very small man.
(d) Louhi.

5. How does this lumberjack cut down such an enormous tree?
(a) He calls a team of lumberjacks.
(b) He pulls the tree up with his bare hands.
(c) He turns into a huge, armor clad warrior.
(d) He summons a team of beavers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joukahainen do when he meets Vainamoinen?

2. What is Joukahainen's mother's reaction to Aino's marriage to Vainamoinen?

3. What do the gods decide to do when they hear Lemmenkainen bragging?

4. Where does the Storyteller get his story?

5. What does Lemmenkainen demand of Louhi after he banishes the storytellers?

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