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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cormac make Donn angry so that he fights all night?
(a) He trips him with long poles.
(b) He tells him he was not worth the journey.
(c) He waves a red flag under his nose.
(d) He feeds the other bull but not Donn.

2. What do the Ulstermen do with the Irish female slaves?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Release them back to their families.
(c) Leave them with Medb.
(d) Take them as their own slaves.

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

4. How does Cethern get killed?
(a) Medb ties him up and leaves him to die.
(b) He is pushed off a cliff.
(c) He is drowned in a vat of cattle blood.
(d) Ailill's son lures him into a ring of armed men.

5. Who comes to help Cuchulain heal after his battle with Ferdiad?
(a) The women Ireland.
(b) The men of Ireland.
(c) The women of Ulster.
(d) The men of Ulster.

6. What does Ferdiad say he will do if he kills Cuchulain?
(a) Kill Medb.
(b) Have himself made King of Ulster.
(c) Become a druid priest.
(d) Kill himself.

7. How does Morrigan cause trouble for both sides?
(a) She tells each side that they will lose.
(b) She frees their slaves.
(c) She steals their weapons.
(d) She speaks ill of one group to the other.

8. What did Fergus want Ailill to give him for the great battle?
(a) His sword back.
(b) Ten bags of gold.
(c) Protection from death.
(d) The best horse.

9. How do Cuchulain and Mann fight?
(a) With their bare hands.
(b) With swords.
(c) With bows and arrows.
(d) With slingshots.

10. What does Donn's last action put an end to?
(a) The powers of the Druids.
(b) The cattle raid of Cooley.
(c) The unity of Ireland and Ulster.
(d) Cattle raising in Ireland.

11. What does Cuchulain have on each hand and foot?
(a) Jewels on every finger and toe.
(b) Tattoos that show he is a warrior.
(c) Fur gloves and boots.
(d) Seven fingers and seven toes.

12. 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.

13. Ferdiad is picked to fight Cuchulain but refuses. What does Medb do?
(a) Gets sorcerers to create boils on Ferdiad's skin.
(b) Ties him to a tree.
(c) Throws him into a pit of snakes.
(d) Shames him in front of all the men.

14. What does the Irish army do when Fergus turns and runs?
(a) They capture him.
(b) They let him run.
(c) They turn with him.
(d) They kill him.

15. How many bandits are in Ferchu's gang?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty-seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fergus tries to get Cuchulain to run away from him. Why does Cuchulain refuse?

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

3. How many witches foretell the defeat of Ulster?

4. How does Amargin try to block the Irish fighters?

5. How many warriors did Menn bring with him?

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