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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 37, 38, and 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the gods decide to do when they hear Lemmenkainen bragging?
(a) They turn him into a goose.
(b) They make him fall into a deep sleep.
(c) They send him on a wild chase after an elk.
(d) They discourage him in the shape of his mother.

2. Who helps the young maiden brew beer?
(a) A bear and a bee.
(b) Ilmarinen.
(c) The Maid of Pohja.
(d) Louhi.

3. Who is explicitly not invited to the wedding of Vainamoinen and the Maid of Pohja?
(a) Ilmarinen.
(b) Lemminkainen.
(c) Louhi.
(d) Annikki.

4. What does Louhi's daughter do when she and Ilmarinen stop for the night?
(a) She writes to her mother.
(b) She carries on with another man.
(c) She escapes.
(d) She convinces men in the inn to murder Ilmarinen.

5. What does the character who was not banished do after all the others are banished from the room by Lemmenkainen?
(a) He waits for Lemmenkainen outside.
(b) He accuses Lemmenkainen of witchcraft.
(c) He gathers the others and arranges an ambush.
(d) He returns to the room with a knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vainamoinen try to convince Ilmarinen to help him do?

2. What song is sung at the end of the feast?

3. What does Lemminkainen tell his bride when he arrives where he takes her?

4. What do Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen encounter on their way to Pohja?

5. What does Lemmenkainen decide to do after he is reassembled and brought back to life?

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