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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 does Lemmenkainen decide to do after he is reassembled and brought back to life?
(a) He resolves to marry Louhi's daughter at any cost.
(b) He resolves to revenge himself on Markahattu.
(c) He takes his magic cloak back to Louhi's house.
(d) He decides to live with his mother.

2. What is happening when the Water-Mother experiences an upsurge of energy?
(a) Lemminkainen is being born.
(b) The Maid of Pohja is singing to her.
(c) The small bird's eggs are hatching on her knee.
(d) Monsters are swallowing the sun.

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

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

5. What does Vainamoinen do when he agrees to take what Joukahainen offers?
(a) He humiliates Joukahainen by turning him into a spider.
(b) He allows Joukahainen to return home.
(c) He allows Joukahainen to be drowned.
(d) He tells Joukahainen the story of his own miserable future.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Vainamoinen tell the living creatures after he returns from the Underworld?

4. Who is not banished from the fire by Lemmenkainen's magical songs?

5. Who helps Lemmenkainen capture the elk after his snowshoes break?

(see the answer key)

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