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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the army get the cattle herd to trample Forgemen to death?
(a) They tie Forgemen to a swinging gate and let the cattle through.
(b) They make him lie down in the cattle barn where the animals eat.
(c) They have the dogs round up the cattle where Forgemen sleeps on the ground.
(d) They drive Forgemen and the cattle into a narrow valley.

2. How did the men of Ireland and Ulster honor the men who died in battle?
(a) They held special ceremonies every year.
(b) They gave their widows gold.
(c) They built statues on the battlefields.
(d) They named the land where they fell after them.

3. Why does the king decide to recognize young Cuchulain as a great warrior?
(a) If he doesn't, Cuchulain will kill his livestock.
(b) If he doesn't, Cuchulain has threatened to kill him.
(c) If he doesn't, Cuchulain will kill all the boys in the kingdom.
(d) If he doesn't, Cuchulain's father will take his land.

4. Who finds the bull of Cooley?
(a) Brian Boru.
(b) Brede.
(c) Buide.
(d) Birney.

5. How does Medb break an agreement by sending six Druids to fight Cuchulain?
(a) Only one man at a time should fight Cuchulain.
(b) The Druids have no fighting skills.
(c) Cuchulain will kill all her relatives if she does this.
(d) Religious men should not fight Cuchulain.

6. In her second disguise, Morrigan is an eel. What does she do to Cuchulain in battle?
(a) Scares him so he drops his shield.
(b) Binds herself around his feet.
(c) Binds herself around his arms.
(d) Slithers under his armor and tickles him.

7. What does Medb do as she makes her way through Ulster?
(a) Names all the places after herself.
(b) Kills everyone she comes across.
(c) Makes the men join her army.
(d) Steals everything she can.

8. Dari accepts Medb's offer. After the feast to celebrate, he changes his mind. Why?
(a) He believes Medb has lied to him about her plans.
(b) He realizes he needs the bull in order to stay wealthy.
(c) He overhears a drunken man say they'd have taken the bull by force anyway.
(d) At the drunken feast, he is treated disrespectfully by Medb's men.

9. How does the bull enter Medb's possession?
(a) She steals it from Cuchulain's men.
(b) It is given to her as a gift from the Irish man who found it.
(c) She trades a bag full of gold for it.
(d) Cuchulain fights the Irish and the cattle run to the Irish camp.

10. Medb and Ailill split into two groups. What does Ailill then do?
(a) He sends a spy to see what Medb and Fergus are doing.
(b) He ambushes a group of Cuchalain's men.
(c) He gets lost on the unfamiliar road.
(d) He stops and camps for a while because he is ill.

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

12. How does the fairy Morrigan first disguise herself in battle with Cuchulain?
(a) As a white horse.
(b) As a white cat.
(c) As a white bird.
(d) As a white cow.

13. How many young boys of Ulster march off to help Cuchulan defeat the Irish?
(a) Eight hundred and fifty.
(b) Two hundred and fifty.
(c) Four hundred and fifty.
(d) One hundred and fifty.

14. Cuchulain comes across one of the men of Ireland. What does he help him do?
(a) Set up camps for the men of Ireland.
(b) Plan a strategy to attack Cuchulain's men.
(c) Bury the heads of the slain frontrunners.
(d) Fix the chariots destroyed the day before.

15. What are the men of Ireland finally able to do after they finish the tunnel?
(a) Go around the mountain on foot.
(b) Trap Cuchulain in a cave.
(c) Cross the stream and take their supplies with them.
(d) Finish the tunnel and reach Ulster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cuchulain do each night?

2. How does Morrigan disguise herself when she sees Cuchulain coming?

3. Why does Cuchulain increase his killing as Medb moves into Ulster?

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

5. How does Cuchulain kill Medb's pet bird?

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