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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. How does this lumberjack cut down such an enormous tree?
(a) He summons a team of beavers.
(b) He pulls the tree up with his bare hands.
(c) He turns into a huge, armor clad warrior.
(d) He calls a team of lumberjacks.

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

3. Whom does Lemminkainen resolve to win?
(a) Aino.
(b) Louhi.
(c) Kyllikki.
(d) The Maid of Pohja.

4. What condition does Louhi impose on Lemmenkainen before she can give him what he wants?
(a) He has to go out on snowshoes and capture a mighty elk.
(b) He has to walk across the ocean.
(c) He has to defeat Markahattu in a storytelling contest.
(d) He has to defeat the gods in a hunting contest.

5. What is the little maid doing when she hears Vainamoinen?
(a) She is collecting firewood.
(b) She is doing her daily chores.
(c) She is taking off her jewels.
(d) She is fishing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Vainamoinen do when he is listening to Joukahainen's stories?

4. Who comes after the Water-Mother prays for relief?

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

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