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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Harrying of Cooley | The Proposals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fedelm is a prophet. What is she doing when Medb meets her for the first time?
(a) Looking into a crystal ball.
(b) Playing on a harp.
(c) Tending to her cattle.
(d) Weaving lace.

2. How does Cuchulain kill Medb's pet bird?
(a) He sends a cat after it.
(b) He traps it with a net.
(c) He throws a rock at it.
(d) With a slingshot.

3. How does Cuchulain trick the man of Ireland into telling him what he wants to know?
(a) By saying he would never kill an unarmed man.
(b) By pretending to be a holy druid.
(c) By offering him a bribe.
(d) By giving the man his sword.

4. What is Cuchulain doing while the men of Ireland are tunneling?
(a) Making deals with other kings to help him.
(b) Digging a tunnel from the other side.
(c) Following them and killing some of them.
(d) Training new men for battle.

5. What did the Crutti Cainbili turn into after they ran away from the men of Ireland?
(a) Deer.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the bull of Cooley's special powers?

2. At the age of five, how does Cuchulain show he has special abilities?

3. Medb and Ailill split into two groups. What does Ailill then do?

4. Why does Fergus take the time to tell the Irishmen about Cuchulain's youthful exploits?

5. What does the narrator tell the reader at the end of "The Foretelling"?

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