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

2. Why is Fergus chosen to be the spokesman with the powerful men of Ulster?
(a) He was an Ulster king himself before Conchobar drove him out.
(b) He is Conchobar's brother and knows how to handle him.
(c) He has been an advisor to all the powerful men of Ulster.
(d) He is the only one who speaks their language well.

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

4. How does Cuchulain kill Medb's pet bird?
(a) With a slingshot.
(b) He throws a rock at it.
(c) He traps it with a net.
(d) He sends a cat after it.

5. Before the battle begins, what does Cuchulain see that shocks him?
(a) The trees in the valley have been chopped down.
(b) The bodies of hundreds of his slain warriors.
(c) Medb and Ailill marching towards him.
(d) Thousands of chariots lined up for battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Medb react to Fedelm's prophecy of a bloody battle?

2. How does the bull enter Medb's possession?

3. The Crutti Cainbilli were not ordinary men at all. What were they?

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

5. What does Forgemen do?

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