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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen do when Louhi offers him food?
(a) He says that all he wants is go home.
(b) He eats and is indebted to Louhi.
(c) He refuses the food because he is still grieving for Aino.
(d) He passes out from exhaustion.

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

3. 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 be drowned.
(c) He allows Joukahainen to return home.
(d) He tells Joukahainen the story of his own miserable future.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Daughter of the Underworld tell Vainamoinen?

2. Who impregnates the Water-Mother?

3. What does Markahattu do to Lemmenkainen?

4. What condition is the Water-Mother trying to find relief from?

5. What does Louhi ask from Vainamoinen in return for her help?

(see the answer key)

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