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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Now of the Battle | The Muster of the Men of Erin.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Fergus take the time to tell the Irishmen about Cuchulain's youthful exploits?
(a) So they can bring in more men to fight.
(b) So they can cancel the battle and go home.
(c) So they can make a plan to capture him.
(d) So they are prepared to deal with a powerful threat.

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

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

5. 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 a chariot.
(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 fifty heifers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cuchulain convince Loch that he should fight him?

2. Why did the Irish name the site of the battle the Tooth-Fight?

3. What do the people who help Cuchulain after the battle with Ferdiad put on his wounds?

4. What does the spy find out?

5. Fergus tries to get Cuchulain to run away from him. Why does Cuchulain refuse?

(see the answer key)

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