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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dubthach plots to capture Cuchulain. What does Fergus do?
(a) Kill Dubthach.
(b) Join Dubthach in his plot.
(c) Tells Cuchulain what Dubthach is doing.
(d) Kick Dubthach out of the camp.

2. What does Cethern demand from Cuchulain?
(a) His sword.
(b) That he get medical help for him.
(c) That he surrender.
(d) That he join him in killing Medb.

3. What is Celtchar a leader of?
(a) The Ulstermen.
(b) The Scots.
(c) The Irish.
(d) The Druids.

4. What does Fergus think what MacRoth saw in the woods is all about?
(a) The Ulster army has scared the animals into the woods.
(b) The Irish soldiers are deserting.
(c) Cuchulain is stronger than ever.
(d) Ailill is richer than anyone knew.

5. Cethern's father, Fintan, brings a hundred and fifty men with him. How many Irish do they kill?
(a) Three times as many.
(b) Twice as many.
(c) Five times as many.
(d) Ten times as many.

6. What does Cuchulain want the Ulstermen to do?
(a) To join the Irish army.
(b) To leave Ireland.
(c) To raise arms.
(d) To lay down their arms.

7. How does Amargin try to block the Irish fighters?
(a) By setting fire to the forest.
(b) By building a road block.
(c) By sending his trained wolves after them.
(d) By throwing stones at them.

8. Medb wants Fergus to fight Cuchulain. Why doesn't he want to?
(a) Fergus thinks Cuchulain is evil.
(b) Cuchulain was his young disciple.
(c) Fergus is small and weak and fears Cuchulain.
(d) Fergus doesn't want to kill a man of the same religion.

9. What is Iliach's reaction to the Irish scorn?
(a) He is enraged and kills them with his bare hands.
(b) He is scared and runs away.
(c) He makes them chase him and they fall off a cliff.
(d) He sends for his troops.

10. Who is Fingin?
(a) Cuthulain's magic doctor.
(b) Cuchulain's driver.
(c) Cuchulain's bodyguard.
(d) Cuchulain's cook.

11. Why does Medb stop Curoi from confronting Amargin?
(a) Because his fighting skills are very poor.
(b) Because he is killing more of their men than Amargin is.
(c) Because he is needed for the final battle.
(d) Because she loves him and wants him alive.

12. Which of the following is untrue about Mann?
(a) He is loud.
(b) He is a coward.
(c) Medb sends him to fight Cuchulain.
(d) He is gigantic.

13. What do the dreams of the soldiers predict?
(a) The future of Ireland.
(b) The outcome of the great battle.
(c) That Ulster will be destroyed.
(d) Cuchulain will die.

14. What do Catalin and his men do before they go into battle?
(a) Kill any cow within five miles.
(b) Tip their weapons with poison.
(c) Pray on their knees for the help of the gods.
(d) Sacrifice one of the their women.

15. Who does Donn the bull fight?
(a) Cuchulain's bull.
(b) The Great Bull of Ulster.
(c) Fergus's bull.
(d) Ailill's bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Ulstermen do to Medb's bodyguards?

2. How does Cormac make Donn angry so that he fights all night?

3. Who helps Catalin fight Cuchulain?

4. Why does the fairy refuse to help Cuchulain avenge the Slaughter of the Youths?

5. Who comes to help Cuchulain after Catalin beats him into the ground?

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