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

2. How does Aino's mother console her when Aino is crying about marrying Vainamoinen?
(a) She introduces Aino to the transcendent nature of family.
(b) She tells Aino that this will be the perfect opportunity for the family to take revenge.
(c) She says that her family's home is not the only place where flowers bloom.
(d) She reminds Aino that she left her own home when she married.

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

4. What are the chips from Vainamoinen's tree turned into?
(a) Beavers.
(b) People.
(c) Arrows.
(d) Baskets.

5. What condition is the Water-Mother trying to find relief from?
(a) She has been drowned in a flood.
(b) She suffers a broken foot.
(c) She suffers a pregnancy she cannot give birth to.
(d) She has been split off from the male counterpart of the cosmos.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who impregnates the Water-Mother?

3. What story does Aino's mother tell her when Aino is upset about marrying?

4. What kind of tree does Vainamoinen plant?

5. What is the name of the baby the Water-Mother is carrying?

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