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

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. Why is Fergus chosen to be the spokesman with the powerful men of Ulster?
(a) He is the only one who speaks their language well.
(b) He has been an advisor to all the powerful men of Ulster.
(c) He is Conchobar's brother and knows how to handle him.
(d) He was an Ulster king himself before Conchobar drove him out.

4. The stories about Cuchulain show that he has amazing abilities but he also has a flaw. What is it?
(a) He is not physically strong.
(b) He takes too long to make decisions.
(c) He wants to be top dog, no matter who suffers.
(d) He changes his strategy too often.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Cuchulain trick the man of Ireland into telling him what he wants to know?

5. Cuchulain had another name before he took the name Cuchulain. What was it?

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