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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. 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.

2. How does Medb react to Fedelm's prophecy of a bloody battle?
(a) She tells Fedelm she doesn't believe in prophesies.
(b) She gives reasons why she isn't afraid of Conchobar.
(c) She is very nervous and afraid.
(d) She says she doesn't trust Fedelm.

3. How does Cuchulain kill Cyr?
(a) Hides in an apple tree and shoots him with an arrow.
(b) Throws an apple through his shield and head.
(c) Hits him over the head with his shield.
(d) Breaks his neck while wrestling.

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

5. How does Cuchulain trick the man of Ireland into telling him what he wants to know?
(a) By saying he would never kill an unarmed man.
(b) By pretending to be a holy druid.
(c) By offering him a bribe.
(d) By giving the man his sword.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Cuchulain do every day to prepare for battle?

3. What does the spy find out?

4. How does the army get the cattle herd to trample Forgemen to death?

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

(see the answer key)

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