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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. What does Cuchulain do each night?
(a) Kill one hundred of the Irish.
(b) Set fires around the camps of the Irish.
(c) Steal the Irish livestock.
(d) Tell stories and poems of his great victories.

2. How does the bull enter Medb's possession?
(a) She steals it from Cuchulain's men.
(b) It is given to her as a gift from the Irish man who found it.
(c) Cuchulain fights the Irish and the cattle run to the Irish camp.
(d) She trades a bag full of gold for it.

3. Why is Cuchulain so angry he tears Mann to pieces?
(a) Mann called him a coward.
(b) Fergus reminds him Mann had killed a close friend of his.
(c) Mann is the most obnoxious person he has ever met.
(d) Fergus reminds him of the Slaughter of the Youth.

4. What does the spy find out?
(a) Medb has disappeared with the soldiers.
(b) Medb and Fergus are having an affair.
(c) Medb believes Ailill has turned against her.
(d) Medb is very discouraged and is planning a new strategy.

5. After the death of Oengus and the Misthrow at Belach Eoin, Cuchulain seems to be surrounded by.....
(a) Women and children.
(b) Incompetent people.
(c) The best warriors ever.
(d) Druids who can't fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ferdiad is picked to fight Cuchulain but refuses. What does Medb do?

2. What is the result of the meeting of the Ulstermen?

3. The Crutti Cainbilli were not ordinary men at all. What were they?

4. Where will Medb and Ailill say they will see Menn again?

5. Dubthach of Ulster is angry with Cuchulain. Why?

(see the answer key)

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