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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. What does Medb do as she makes her way through Ulster?
(a) Steals everything she can.
(b) Kills everyone she comes across.
(c) Names all the places after herself.
(d) Makes the men join her army.

2. What does the spy find out?
(a) Medb believes Ailill has turned against her.
(b) Medb and Fergus are having an affair.
(c) Medb is very discouraged and is planning a new strategy.
(d) Medb has disappeared with the soldiers.

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

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

5. Who finds the bull of Cooley?
(a) Brian Boru.
(b) Brede.
(c) Buide.
(d) Birney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cuchulain increase his killing as Medb moves into Ulster?

2. How did the men of Ireland and Ulster honor the men who died in battle?

3. Before the battle begins, what does Cuchulain see that shocks him?

4. What does Cuchulain do to the three MacArach men?

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

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