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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through VIII - IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cuchulainn chop down a tree?
(a) With one chop.
(b) Using his own teeth.
(c) Snaps it with his bare hands.
(d) With a live beaver to saw through it.

2. Which river in Section VI swells and carries off one-hundred chariots?
(a) Colptha.
(b) Gatlaig.
(c) Tain.
(d) Cronn.

3. Who acts as a midwife, delivering a child at the inn?
(a) Derdriu.
(b) Macha.
(c) Deichtine.
(d) Nes.

4. Who does Medb send to kill Cuchulainn?
(a) Herself.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Ailill
(d) Fraech.

5. How many grown soldiers were lifted over the warrior's head?
(a) 2.
(b) 30.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many babies are born at the finish line of the chariot race?

2. Who is impressed with Cuchulainn's tree-chopping?

3. Who is only severely maimed by Cuchulainn in Section VIII?

4. Who refuses to fight a beardless boy?

5. What does Cuchulainn do to the horses of the charioteers he stops?

(see the answer key)

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