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

2. What does the Storyteller tell us in the first stanzas?
(a) He describes the people whose epic he is going to sing.
(b) He announces that he is going to sing of war and gods.
(c) He describes his need to pass on the ancient wisdom.
(d) He describes the beginning of the world.

3. What occasion marks the end of Lemminkainen and Kyllikki's happiness?
(a) Kyllikki goes dancing and Lemmenkainen confronts her.
(b) Kyllikki tells Lemmenkainen's enemies the secret of his vulnerability.
(c) Kyllikki betrays Lemminkainen with Vainamoinen.
(d) Lemmenkainen abandons Kyllikki on an island.

4. Where does Lemminkainen take his new bride?
(a) To the seaside.
(b) Home to his castle.
(c) To the land of Pohja.
(d) Home to his hovel.

5. Who impregnates the Water-Mother?
(a) Vainamoinen.
(b) The sea.
(c) An acorn.
(d) A small bird.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Joukahainen's mother tell him about shooting Vainamoinen?

3. What does Joukahainen do when he meets Vainamoinen?

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

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

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