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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 happens when Lemmenkainen catches the elk?
(a) It attacks a village.
(b) He leads it back to Louhi.
(c) He kills it.
(d) It escapes.

2. What does Vainamoinen tell Louhi in response to her request?
(a) He tells Louhi that he knows someone who can do what she wants done.
(b) He does what she asks and marries her daughter.
(c) He tells Louhi that what she asks cannot be done.
(d) He tells Louhi that he does not want to marry her daughter.

3. Where does Vainamoinen's mother suggest he look for a bride?
(a) In the cave of jewels.
(b) At the bottom of the sea.
(c) In the ocean.
(d) In the Land of Pohja.

4. 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.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Maid of Pohja say when she hears that Vainamoinen has arrived at the end of his journey?

2. What does Lemmenkainen do when his happiness with Kyllikki ends?

3. What does Vainamoinen answer when he is asked where he is sailing to?

4. What does the character who was not banished do after all the others are banished from the room by Lemmenkainen?

5. What song does Louhi's child sing after Vainamoinen has completed the tasks?

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