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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. Why does Vipunen ultimately tell Vainamoinen what he wants to know?
(a) Vainamoinen promises to torture Vipunen.
(b) Vainamoinen says that he has the help of the Daughter of the Underworld.
(c) Vainamoinen says that he feels perfectly at home and will not leave.
(d) Vainamoinen makes increasingly violent threats to Vipunen.

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

3. What does Lemmenkainen's mother ask of Ilmarinen?
(a) She asks him to knit Lemmenkainen back together.
(b) She asks him to build her a Sampo.
(c) She asks him for a potion that will heal Lemmenkainen.
(d) She asks him to make a rake for her.

4. What does Lemminkainen say when he arrives at the wedding feast?
(a) He threatens the Maid of Pohja.
(b) He challenges Vainamoinen to a fight.
(c) He curses the bride and groom.
(d) He demands to be greeted and fed properly.

5. What does Vainamoinen catch?
(a) He catches a salmon that was in fact Aino.
(b) He catches Aino, who tells him a new technique for catching fish.
(c) He catches a fish that tells him how to catch Aino.
(d) He catches a number of fish, but none of them is Aino.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Kullervo that his family still lives while he is wandering through the forest?

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

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

4. Where does Vainamoinen plant his tree?

5. What does Joukahainen offer Vainamoinen after Vainamoinen listens to his story?

(see the answer key)

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