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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 3, 4, and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Joukahainen's mother's reaction to Aino's marriage to Vainamoinen?
(a) She is delighted that Aino will be married to someone of such repute.
(b) She is envious of her daughter's good fortune.
(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.

3. Who comes after the Water-Mother prays for relief?
(a) The Maid of Pohja.
(b) Vainamoinen.
(c) A small bird.
(d) Louhi.

4. What does Joukahainen offer Vainamoinen after Vainamoinen listens to his story?
(a) Gold, horses, and armor.
(b) Jewels and gold.
(c) His life.
(d) Magic cloaks and swords.

5. What was the Water-Mother's name before she became the Water-Mother?
(a) The Maid of Pohja.
(b) Ilmarinen.
(c) Daughter of the Air.
(d) Louhi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen go fishing for in part 5?

2. Who impregnates the Water-Mother?

3. What does the Storyteller tell us in the first stanzas?

4. What does Aino tell her mother when her mother asks about Aino's walk with Vainamoinen?

5. What does Vainamoinen do when he is listening to Joukahainen's stories?

(see the answer key)

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