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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Storyteller tell us in the first stanzas?
(a) He announces that he is going to sing of war and gods.
(b) He describes his need to pass on the ancient wisdom.
(c) He describes the people whose epic he is going to sing.
(d) He describes the beginning of the world.

2. Who comes to the shore to see who has arrived there?
(a) Joukahainen.
(b) The Lord of Pohja.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Louhi.

3. What does the Child tell the Maid of Pohja when she bursts into tears?
(a) He says that she is marrying the best of men.
(b) He says that she is going to be much more alone in the future.
(c) He tells her that she should console herself by having children.
(d) He tells her that with luck she will escape from her husband.

4. Who ultimately helps Louhi do what she wants done?
(a) Ilmarinen.
(b) Vainamoinen.
(c) Joukahainen.
(d) The Maid of Pohja.

5. What does Lemmenkainen demand of Louhi after he banishes the storytellers?
(a) He wants her to give him her daughter in marriage.
(b) He wants to know how to get rid of Markahattu.
(c) He wants to know who he will marry.
(d) He wants to know the secret of her immortality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kullervo's mother tell him after she hears about the woman he seduced?

2. What does Vainamoinen catch?

3. What kind of tree does Vainamoinen plant?

4. Who is the Maid of Pohja?

5. Who impregnates the Water-Mother?

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