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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Vainamoinen plant his tree?
(a) In the ashes of a fire.
(b) In a bird's nest.
(c) In the ocean.
(d) In an eggshell.

2. What does Ilmarinen tell his metallic bride when he wakes up beside her?
(a) He says she is ugly and he is ashamed of himself for making her.
(b) He says she is not the right woman for him.
(c) He says that he can fix her.
(d) He says that he made her and now he has to live with her.

3. What does the Old Man by the Fire say about stories of children?
(a) He says that they contain all the simple truth of the world.
(b) He says that they are the cause of all mirth.
(c) He says that they can be misleading.
(d) He says that they are shallow lies.

4. What preparations are made for the marriage of Vainamoinen and the Maid of Pohja?
(a) An ox is butchered.
(b) A butcher is taught how to butcher an ox.
(c) Songs are taught to the musicians.
(d) Beer is prepared.

5. How does Vainamoinen keep Louhi and her soldiers from catching up with him and Lemminkainen and Ilmarinen?
(a) He kills them with his sword.
(b) He conjures a reef on which their ship wrecks.
(c) He tricks them into going the wrong direction.
(d) He sings them to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Daughter of the Underworld tell Vainamoinen?

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

3. What happens when Joukahainen fires at Vainamoinen?

4. What does Louhi do when she finds that the Sampo is gone?

5. Whom does Vainamoinen toast at the wedding?

(see the answer key)

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