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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Slaying of Ferbaeth | The Combat of Larini MacNois.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 lot of land.
(d) She will return the bull and give him a chariot.

2. What is Cuchulain doing while the men of Ireland are tunneling?
(a) Following them and killing some of them.
(b) Training new men for battle.
(c) Making deals with other kings to help him.
(d) Digging a tunnel from the other side.

3. What does Forgemen do?
(a) He makes sure the armor is ready for the Irish fighters.
(b) He takes care of the other cattle of Cooley.
(c) He takes care of the great bull of Cooley.
(d) He negotiates everything between Medb and Cuchulain.

4. 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.

5. After Redg the Satirist is killed, how many men do Medb and Ailill send to battle with Cuchulain?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the bull enter Medb's possession?

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

3. Why did Cuchulain promise not to kill Larini?

4. What happens to Cuchulain's body when he becomes very angry about the actions of the Irish?

5. Who is Finnabair?

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