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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15.

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 allows Joukahainen to return home.
(c) He tells Joukahainen the story of his own miserable future.
(d) He humiliates Joukahainen by turning him into a spider.

2. 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 suffers a broken foot.
(d) She has been drowned in a flood.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does the Storyteller tell first?

2. What prayer does Lemmenkainen make after his snowshoes break?

3. Who ultimately helps Louhi do what she wants done?

4. Who comes after the Water-Mother prays for relief?

5. What happens when the eagle drops Vainamoinen?

(see the answer key)

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