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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. Who decides to try to kill Cuchulain after the slaughter of the boy troop?
(a) Medb.
(b) His half-brother.
(c) Ailill.
(d) Six princes.

2. What do Ailill and Medb want to ask Cuchulain for after the slaughter of the boy trooper?
(a) A final showdown.
(b) Carts to transport soldiers.
(c) Prisoners of war.
(d) A truce.

3. Why does the narrator say it would be boring to tell about every battle?
(a) There are only a few ways to kill a man in battle.
(b) No one can remember everything.
(c) The results are always the same - Cuchulain is the winner.
(d) The details are too hard to understand.

4. What does the narrator tell the reader at the end of "The Foretelling"?
(a) The introduction is over and the body of the story is next.
(b) That the introduction was just a dream sequence.
(c) That the story will be lost forever if not spoken aloud.
(d) That the narrator was Medb's personal bodyguard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Medb met Cuchulain she scoffed at him. Why?

2. What did the Crutti Cainbili turn into after they ran away from the men of Ireland?

3. What are Munremar and Curoi involved in?

4. Cuchulain comes across one of the men of Ireland. What does he help him do?

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

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