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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 finds the bull of Cooley?
(a) Buide.
(b) Brede.
(c) Birney.
(d) Brian Boru.

2. 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.

3. What are Munremar and Curoi involved in?
(a) Stealing livestock from the Irish.
(b) A feud.
(c) A business.
(d) A plot.

4. What does Cuchulain do to the three MacArach men?
(a) Laughs at them and rides off.
(b) Decapitates them.
(c) Throws them into a pit.
(d) Marches them off to his camp.

5. Before the battle begins, what does Cuchulain see that shocks him?
(a) Thousands of chariots lined up for battle.
(b) Medb and Ailill marching towards him.
(c) The bodies of hundreds of his slain warriors.
(d) The trees in the valley have been chopped down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fergus send to tell Cuchulain that he should never be caught running from battle?

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

3. What does Medb offer Cuchulain if he will stop killing her men?

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

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

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