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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the second day of fighting end in Chapter XI between Cuchulainn and his foster-brother?
(a) The book does not say.
(b) Another stalemate.
(c) The foster-brother wins.
(d) Cuchulainn wins again.

2. Where does the army hear the bull is hiding?
(a) Conaille.
(b) Alba.
(c) Black Cauldron.
(d) Finnabair.

3. What is the first weapon Cuchulainn and his foster-brother choose to fight with in Chapter XI?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Spears.
(c) Hands.
(d) Iron darts and shields.

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

5. How does Cuchulainn kill the person sent to seize his javelin from him?
(a) With a slingshot.
(b) With a noose.
(c) With the javelin in his head.
(d) With a cold stare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cuchulainn summon to help scout the advancing army?

2. Who gets his hair and clothing cut by Cuchulainn before the warrior finally just kills him?

3. Who slays the shepherd responsible for bringing the bull back in Section VII?

4. How many versions of how the army arrives in a new community are told in Section VI?

5. Who is a criminal in Ailill's kingdom wishing to get pardoned by slaying Cuchulainn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the army attempt to move Donn Cuailnge from Black Cauldron to Conaille?

2. Describe how Cuchulainn finally defeats Ferdia. Explain how the weapon he used works.

3. How does Ailill use the town fool and why is Cuchulainn aggravated by the situation?

4. Who is Cuchulainn's mortal father and what is his role in the war?

5. How is it that Loch almost defeats Cuchulainn?

6. What causes King Ailill's daughter Finnabair to fall dead?

7. Why does Cuchulainn strut around the day after his bloody, warp-spasm induced battle?

8. Specifically describe Cuchulainn's warp-spasm when he is older.

9. Who saves Cuchulainn's life as he faces a man and his 27 sons?

10. Why does Cuchulainn refuse to leave Ferdia's corpse?

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