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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. Where does Vainamoinen want to send his friend Sampsa at the beginning of part 16?
(a) On a quest in search of wood.
(b) To Lemmenkainen with a challenge.
(c) On a journey of discovery.
(d) To Louhi's house with a message.

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 broken foot.
(c) She has been drowned in a flood.
(d) She suffers a pregnancy she cannot give birth to.

3. What do the gods decide to do when they hear Lemmenkainen bragging?
(a) They discourage him in the shape of his mother.
(b) They make him fall into a deep sleep.
(c) They send him on a wild chase after an elk.
(d) They turn him into a goose.

4. How does Vainamoinen escape from the Underworld?
(a) He defeats Vipunen in single combat.
(b) He transforms himself into a small snake-like animal.
(c) He offers to marry the Daughter of the Underworld.
(d) He wrestles with the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the Underworld.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lemminkainen do to press his suit?

2. What does Vainamoinen catch?

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

4. What does Vainamoinen do when Louhi offers him food?

5. Why does Vipunen ultimately tell Vainamoinen what he wants to know?

(see the answer key)

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