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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. Why does Fergus take the time to tell the Irishmen about Cuchulain's youthful exploits?
(a) So they are prepared to deal with a powerful threat.
(b) So they can bring in more men to fight.
(c) So they can make a plan to capture him.
(d) So they can cancel the battle and go home.

2. Medb and Ailill split into two groups. What does Ailill then do?
(a) He stops and camps for a while because he is ill.
(b) He gets lost on the unfamiliar road.
(c) He sends a spy to see what Medb and Fergus are doing.
(d) He ambushes a group of Cuchalain's men.

3. What is one of the bull of Cooley's special powers?
(a) He can speak.
(b) He is so large he can kill three men with one step.
(c) He breeds with heifers who give birth the next day.
(d) He breeds with heifers who always have twins.

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

5. Cuchulain comes across one of the men of Ireland. What does he help him do?
(a) Bury the heads of the slain frontrunners.
(b) Set up camps for the men of Ireland.
(c) Fix the chariots destroyed the day before.
(d) Plan a strategy to attack Cuchulain's men.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the age of five, how does Cuchulain show he has special abilities?

2. How did Uala die?

3. Why did Lochi wear a golden tiara?

4. What does Cuchulain do to the three MacArach men?

5. What does the spy find out?

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