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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. Fedelm is a prophet. What is she doing when Medb meets her for the first time?
(a) Tending to her cattle.
(b) Looking into a crystal ball.
(c) Playing on a harp.
(d) Weaving lace.

2. 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.

3. Why does the narrator say it would be boring to tell about every battle?
(a) No one can remember everything.
(b) The results are always the same - Cuchulain is the winner.
(c) There are only a few ways to kill a man in battle.
(d) The details are too hard to understand.

4. What does the narrator tell the reader at the end of "The Foretelling"?
(a) That the narrator was Medb's personal bodyguard.
(b) That the story will be lost forever if not spoken aloud.
(c) The introduction is over and the body of the story is next.
(d) That the introduction was just a dream sequence.

5. How does Medb break an agreement by sending six Druids to fight Cuchulain?
(a) Religious men should not fight Cuchulain.
(b) Only one man at a time should fight Cuchulain.
(c) The Druids have no fighting skills.
(d) Cuchulain will kill all her relatives if she does this.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the result of the man of Ireland's dealing with Cuchulain?

3. How do Cuchulain and Mann fight?

4. Medb wants Fergus to fight Cuchulain. Why doesn't he want to?

5. What does Fergus finally offer to do if Cuchulain will run away?

(see the answer key)

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