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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 reputation does Vainamoinen gain over time?
(a) He is known as a fair and kind king to his people.
(b) He is known as a strange magician.
(c) He is known as a wise and wonderful storyteller.
(d) He is known as a powerful warrior.

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

3. What does Vainamoinen feel as he listens to Joukahainen's stories?
(a) Fear.
(b) Envy.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Impatience.

4. What is the name of the baby the Water-Mother is carrying?
(a) Vainamoinen.
(b) Lemmenkainen.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Louhi.

5. What does Vainamoinen tell the living creatures after he returns from the Underworld?
(a) He tells them the magic words he learned there.
(b) He tells them not to go there themselves.
(c) He describes the horrors he saw.
(d) He tells them all about the Daughter of the Underworld.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening when the Water-Mother experiences an upsurge of energy?

2. Where does Vainamoinen's mother suggest he look for a bride?

3. What happens when the eagle drops Vainamoinen?

4. Who asks Vainamoinen where he is sailing?

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

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