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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Finding of the Bull | The Death of Forgemen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the army get the cattle herd to trample Forgemen to death?
(a) They make him lie down in the cattle barn where the animals eat.
(b) They tie Forgemen to a swinging gate and let the cattle through.
(c) They have the dogs round up the cattle where Forgemen sleeps on the ground.
(d) They drive Forgemen and the cattle into a narrow valley.

2. How does Medb react to Fedelm's prophecy of a bloody battle?
(a) She tells Fedelm she doesn't believe in prophesies.
(b) She says she doesn't trust Fedelm.
(c) She is very nervous and afraid.
(d) She gives reasons why she isn't afraid of Conchobar.

3. Medb and Ailill split into two groups. What does Ailill then do?
(a) He ambushes a group of Cuchalain's men.
(b) He gets lost on the unfamiliar road.
(c) He stops and camps for a while because he is ill.
(d) He sends a spy to see what Medb and Fergus are doing.

4. Cuchulain comes across one of the men of Ireland. What does he help him do?
(a) Bury the heads of the slain frontrunners.
(b) Fix the chariots destroyed the day before.
(c) Set up camps for the men of Ireland.
(d) Plan a strategy to attack Cuchulain's men.

5. What is the name of the bull of Cooley?
(a) Fergus.
(b) Donn.
(c) Morrigan.
(d) Barry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds the bull of Cooley?

2. What does the narrator tell the reader at the end of "The Foretelling"?

3. What does Medb do as she makes her way through Ulster?

4. What did Cuchulain get the man of Ireland to tell him?

5. How does Cuchulain trick the man of Ireland into telling him what he wants to know?

(see the answer key)

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