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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Harrying of Cooley | The Proposals.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the bull of Cooley?
(a) Barry.
(b) Morrigan.
(c) Donn.
(d) Fergus.

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

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 introduction was just a dream sequence.
(c) The introduction is over and the body of the story is next.
(d) That the story will be lost forever if not spoken aloud.

5. Before the battle begins, what does Cuchulain see that shocks him?
(a) The bodies of hundreds of his slain warriors.
(b) Thousands of chariots lined up for battle.
(c) Medb and Ailill marching towards him.
(d) The trees in the valley have been chopped down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the men of Ireland waiting around for two weeks?

2. Which of the following is not true about Cuchulain?

3. Where did Medb and Ailill's neighboring kings' men gather?

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

5. How did Uala die?

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