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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 the Daughter of the Underworld tell Vainamoinen?
(a) That mortals are rarely allowed to leave.
(b) The secret of immortality.
(c) The method for making better ships.
(d) The wisdom of the gods.

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

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

4. Who collects the chips that come from cutting down the tree Vainamoinen plants?
(a) Louhi.
(b) Ilmatar.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Lemminkainen.

5. 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 decides to live with his mother.
(c) He takes his magic cloak back to Louhi's house.
(d) He resolves to revenge himself on Markahattu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tree does Vainamoinen plant?

2. What are Joukahainen's stories like?

3. Where does Vainamoinen plant his tree?

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

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

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