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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White-Fight of Rochad | Iliach's Clump-Fight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Medb wants Fergus to fight Cuchulain. Why doesn't he want to?
(a) Fergus thinks Cuchulain is evil.
(b) Fergus doesn't want to kill a man of the same religion.
(c) Cuchulain was his young disciple.
(d) Fergus is small and weak and fears Cuchulain.

2. Dubthach plots to capture Cuchulain. What does Fergus do?
(a) Kick Dubthach out of the camp.
(b) Tells Cuchulain what Dubthach is doing.
(c) Join Dubthach in his plot.
(d) Kill Dubthach.

3. What does "red-shame" refer to?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Hair.
(c) A shield.
(d) Blood.

4. What does Medb offer Cuchulain if he will stop killing her men?
(a) Land south of the River Ouse.
(b) Her niece as a bride for Cuchulain.
(c) Half of her herd of cattle.
(d) A hundred pounds of gold.

5. Why is Cuchulain so angry he tears Mann to pieces?
(a) Fergus reminds him Mann had killed a close friend of his.
(b) Fergus reminds him of the Slaughter of the Youth.
(c) Mann is the most obnoxious person he has ever met.
(d) Mann called him a coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Redg the Satirist is killed, how many men do Medb and Ailill send to battle with Cuchulain?

2. What do the people who help Cuchulain after the battle with Ferdiad put on his wounds?

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

4. Why do the Irish fighters scorn Iliach as a warrior?

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

(see the answer key)

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