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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vainamionen do with the wood Sampsa brings back to Vainamoinen?
(a) Builds a house.
(b) Shapes it into a boat.
(c) Shapes it into a series of tools.
(d) Builds a lodge.

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

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

5. Who helps Vainamoinen complete the tasks so that he can marry?
(a) Louhi.
(b) Annikki.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Ilmarinen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is not banished from the fire by Lemmenkainen's magical songs?

2. What does Lemminkainen find in his food at the wedding feast?

3. What do Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen agree to do when they arrive where they are going?

4. What do Lemminkainen, Ilmarinen, and the oarsmen and maidens propose to do with the thing Vainamoinen makes from the pike?

5. What does the Child tell the Maid of Pohja when she bursts into tears?

(see the answer key)

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