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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 Vainamionen do with the wood Sampsa brings back to Vainamoinen?
(a) Shapes it into a boat.
(b) Shapes it into a series of tools.
(c) Builds a lodge.
(d) Builds a house.

2. What is Vainamoinen missing as he works with the wood Sampsa brought him?
(a) Iron hoops.
(b) Three magic words.
(c) Gum for caulking.
(d) A helper.

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

4. Why does Vipunen ultimately tell Vainamoinen what he wants to know?
(a) Vainamoinen promises to torture Vipunen.
(b) Vainamoinen says that he feels perfectly at home and will not leave.
(c) Vainamoinen makes increasingly violent threats to Vipunen.
(d) Vainamoinen says that he has the help of the Daughter of the Underworld.

5. Who is not banished from the fire by Lemmenkainen's magical songs?
(a) Ilmarinen.
(b) Kyllikki.
(c) Louhi.
(d) Markahattu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose help does Vipunen ask for, to help him get rid of Vainamoinen?

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

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

4. What does Aino do in response to Vainamoinen's request?

5. Which tree does Vainamoinen leave standing?

(see the answer key)

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