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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cuchulain kill Ferbaeth?
(a) With poison.
(b) He digs a hole for him to fall into.
(c) By accidentally throwing a stake behind him.
(d) He sends someone else to do it.

2. Why is Finnabair killed?
(a) She tries to kill Cuchulain herself.
(b) She is not beautiful enough to be Cuchulain's bride.
(c) She lies to Cuchulain about Medb.
(d) Cochulain catches on to a trick Ailill tries to pull on him.

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

4. How does Cuchulain kill Mani, Medb and Ailill's son?
(a) He tricks him into retreating and his men kill him.
(b) He creates a flood and Mani drowns in it.
(c) He traps him in a wooded area and kills him.
(d) He stabs him with his sword.

5. How did Uala die?
(a) He was accidentally killed by his own men.
(b) He fell into a ravine.
(c) He drowned in the river.
(d) He was killed by Cuchulain.

6. How does Medb break an agreement by sending six Druids to fight Cuchulain?
(a) The Druids have no fighting skills.
(b) Only one man at a time should fight Cuchulain.
(c) Cuchulain will kill all her relatives if she does this.
(d) Religious men should not fight Cuchulain.

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

8. How does Cuchulain kill Medb's pet bird?
(a) With a slingshot.
(b) He traps it with a net.
(c) He sends a cat after it.
(d) He throws a rock at it.

9. What does Fergus get Cuchulain to agree to?
(a) To kill only one man at a time.
(b) To give Medb and Ailill some of the lands of Ulster.
(c) To train Etarcumul as a warrior.
(d) To surrender.

10. What did the Crutti Cainbili turn into after they ran away from the men of Ireland?
(a) Deer.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Rabbits.

11. In her second disguise, Morrigan is an eel. What does she do to Cuchulain in battle?
(a) Scares him so he drops his shield.
(b) Binds herself around his feet.
(c) Binds herself around his arms.
(d) Slithers under his armor and tickles him.

12. How does the army get the cattle herd to trample Forgemen to death?
(a) They tie Forgemen to a swinging gate and let the cattle through.
(b) They drive Forgemen and the cattle into a narrow valley.
(c) They make him lie down in the cattle barn where the animals eat.
(d) They have the dogs round up the cattle where Forgemen sleeps on the ground.

13. Why was Cyr chosen to fight Cuchulain?
(a) He is the strongest warrior the Irish have.
(b) He is not liked very much.
(c) He will take any risk to kill Cuchulain.
(d) He has the largest number of soldiers.

14. Cuchulain comes across one of the men of Ireland. What does he help him do?
(a) Fix the chariots destroyed the day before.
(b) Plan a strategy to attack Cuchulain's men.
(c) Bury the heads of the slain frontrunners.
(d) Set up camps for the men of Ireland.

15. Where does Cuchulain sit waiting for Nathcrantrail to return?
(a) In his secret cave.
(b) On his throne in his tent.
(c) On the top of a stone column.
(d) By a mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Cuchulain's body when he becomes very angry about the actions of the Irish?

2. What are the men of Ireland finally able to do after they finish the tunnel?

3. Why does Medb want her men to tunnel through the mountain?

4. What does the spy find out?

5. Medb wants to borrow Dari of Cooley's bull for a year. What deal does MacRoth the Messenger offer Dari?

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