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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 bull enter Medb's possession?
(a) She trades a bag full of gold for it.
(b) It is given to her as a gift from the Irish man who found it.
(c) She steals it from Cuchulain's men.
(d) Cuchulain fights the Irish and the cattle run to the Irish camp.

2. What is one of the bull of Cooley's special powers?
(a) He can speak.
(b) He is so large he can kill three men with one step.
(c) He breeds with heifers who always have twins.
(d) He breeds with heifers who give birth the next day.

3. When Medb met Cuchulain she scoffed at him. Why?
(a) He looked very tired.
(b) He looked very small and weak.
(c) He was very young.
(d) He was drunk.

4. What does Forgemen do?
(a) He makes sure the armor is ready for the Irish fighters.
(b) He negotiates everything between Medb and Cuchulain.
(c) He takes care of the great bull of Cooley.
(d) He takes care of the other cattle of Cooley.

5. How did the men of Ireland and Ulster honor the men who died in battle?
(a) They held special ceremonies every year.
(b) They named the land where they fell after them.
(c) They built statues on the battlefields.
(d) They gave their widows gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cuchulain comes across one of the men of Ireland. What does he help him do?

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

3. How does Cuchulain kill Mani, Medb and Ailill's son?

4. Who finds the bull of Cooley?

5. Medb and Ailill split into two groups. What does Ailill then do?

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