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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cethern's Bloody Wounds | The Tooth-Fight of Fintan.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the fairy put magical herbs on Cuchulain while he sleeps?
(a) To give him superhuman eyesight.
(b) To heal his wounds.
(c) To increase his strength.
(d) To give him the power to see the future.

3. Why did the Irish name the site of the battle the Tooth-Fight?
(a) They were said to have fought "tooth and nail".
(b) They used teeth of wild animals as their talismans.
(c) The bodies of the men were jaw-locked with one another.
(d) They fought by biting each other.

4. What is Medb's reaction to Etarcumul's death?
(a) She screams in rage.
(b) She surrenders and starts for home.
(c) She kills Fergus.
(d) She cries in grief.

5. What does Medb do while Cuchulain is with Morrigan?
(a) Send Druids out to find Morrigan.
(b) Send one hundred men to fight him.
(c) Send a spy to find out where Cuchulain is.
(d) Plot with Ailill to offer Cuchulain her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cethern have on his stomach to keep his organs inside?

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

3. Cethern's father, Fintan, brings a hundred and fifty men with him. How many Irish do they kill?

4. What does the fairy warrior offer to do for Cuchulain?

5. Why does Nathcrantail tell Medb that Cuchulain is a coward?

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