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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 Cuchulain trick the man of Ireland into telling him what he wants to know?
(a) By saying he would never kill an unarmed man.
(b) By pretending to be a holy druid.
(c) By offering him a bribe.
(d) By giving the man his sword.

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

3. What did Cuchulain get the man of Ireland to tell him?
(a) The quickest way to get to Dublin.
(b) Which tent Medb and Ailill are sleeping in.
(c) Where the Irish troops are hiding.
(d) The best way to find food for his own troops.

4. How does Cuchulain kill Mani, Medb and Ailill's son?
(a) He traps him in a wooded area and kills him.
(b) He creates a flood and Mani drowns in it.
(c) He stabs him with his sword.
(d) He tricks him into retreating and his men kill him.

5. What does Cuchulain do each night?
(a) Tell stories and poems of his great victories.
(b) Set fires around the camps of the Irish.
(c) Kill one hundred of the Irish.
(d) Steal the Irish livestock.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Fedelm is a prophet. What is she doing when Medb meets her for the first time?

3. The men of Ireland set off to Ulster. When they get to Cooley, what do they do?

4. Why is Fergus chosen to be the spokesman with the powerful men of Ulster?

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

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