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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Combat of Lethan and Cuchulain | The Killing of the Squirrel and of the Tame Bird.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the age of five, how does Cuchulain show he has special abilities?
(a) He can lift three times his weight.
(b) He can memorize his lessons in only minutes.
(c) He helps Conchobar with his battle strategy.
(d) He fought off 150 other boys with his bare hands and toys.

2. What does Cuchulain do to the three MacArach men?
(a) Laughs at them and rides off.
(b) Marches them off to his camp.
(c) Decapitates them.
(d) Throws them into a pit.

3. The men of Ireland set off to Ulster. When they get to Cooley, what do they do?
(a) Surround Cooley and just wait.
(b) Destroy all the villages in the area.
(c) Divide into groups and look for the bull.
(d) Raid Conchobar's castle.

4. Medb wants to borrow Dari of Cooley's bull for a year. What deal does MacRoth the Messenger offer Dari?
(a) She will return the bull and give him fifty heifers.
(b) She will keep the bull, but give him her friendship and protection.
(c) She will return the bull and give him a chariot.
(d) She will return the bull and give him a lot of land.

5. What is the result of the man of Ireland's dealing with Cuchulain?
(a) He is tied up and left on his own.
(b) He is allowed to go free.
(c) He joins Cuchulain's men.
(d) He is killed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Cuchulain get the man of Ireland to tell him?

3. The stories about Cuchulain show that he has amazing abilities but he also has a flaw. What is it?

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

5. Why was Medb a powerful person in her own right?

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