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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Account of the Appearance of Cuchulain | Dubthach's Jealousy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the spy find out?
(a) Medb has disappeared with the soldiers.
(b) Medb believes Ailill has turned against her.
(c) Medb and Fergus are having an affair.
(d) Medb is very discouraged and is planning a new strategy.

2. What does Cuchulain do each night?
(a) Tell stories and poems of his great victories.
(b) Steal the Irish livestock.
(c) Set fires around the camps of the Irish.
(d) Kill one hundred of the Irish.

3. After Redg the Satirist is killed, how many men do Medb and Ailill send to battle with Cuchulain?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifty.

4. What does Cuchulain do to the three MacArach men?
(a) Laughs at them and rides off.
(b) Decapitates them.
(c) Throws them into a pit.
(d) Marches them off to his camp.

5. What does Medb offer Cuchulain if he will stop killing her men?
(a) Half of her herd of cattle.
(b) Her niece as a bride for Cuchulain.
(c) A hundred pounds of gold.
(d) Land south of the River Ouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Medb and Ailill think is responsible for Cuchulain's success in battle?

2. How does Cuchulain appear to the woman and civilians traveling with the army?

3. What is the result of the man of Ireland's dealing with Cuchulain?

4. How does Cuchulain kill Mani, Medb and Ailill's son?

5. Who is Finnabair?

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