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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Combat of Munremar and Curoi | The Slaughter of the Boy Troop.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cuchulain increase his killing as Medb moves into Ulster?
(a) They are taunting him and it angers him.
(b) They are reaching his own lands.
(c) They are increasing their numbers of warriors.
(d) He is nervous that they are getting stronger.

2. Why is Finnabair killed?
(a) Cochulain catches on to a trick Ailill tries to pull on him.
(b) She tries to kill Cuchulain herself.
(c) She lies to Cuchulain about Medb.
(d) She is not beautiful enough to be Cuchulain's bride.

3. Where did Medb and Ailill's neighboring kings' men gather?
(a) At Dublin.
(b) At Connacht.
(c) At Fergus.
(d) At Cruachan.

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

5. What does Cuchulain do each night?
(a) Tell stories and poems of his great victories.
(b) Steal the Irish livestock.
(c) Set fires around the camps of the Irish.
(d) Kill one hundred of the Irish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Cuchulain sit waiting for Nathcrantrail to return?

3. After Redg the Satirist is killed, how many men do Medb and Ailill send to battle with Cuchulain?

4. What does Cuchulain propose by saying he won't kill the men anymore if he gets food and water each day?

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

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