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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cuchulain do every day to prepare for battle?
(a) Plays chess to improve his strategies.
(b) Talks with his advisors.
(c) Chooses the best horse.
(d) Practices his skills and stays fit.

2. How does Cuchulain convince Loch that he should fight him?
(a) He wore a pretend beard to look older.
(b) He killed a herd of deer in front of him.
(c) He told him he had put a curse on his family.
(d) He stole his wife away from him.

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

4. The Crutti Cainbilli were not ordinary men at all. What were they?
(a) Druids.
(b) Christian priests.
(c) Witches.
(d) Kings and princes.

5. Why does the narrator say it would be boring to tell about every battle?
(a) There are only a few ways to kill a man in battle.
(b) The results are always the same - Cuchulain is the winner.
(c) The details are too hard to understand.
(d) No one can remember everything.

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

7. What job does Laeg do for Cuchulain?
(a) He is his fortune teller.
(b) He is his chariot driver.
(c) He is his battle advisor.
(d) He is his personal assistant.

8. What is Cuchulain doing while the men of Ireland are tunneling?
(a) Following them and killing some of them.
(b) Digging a tunnel from the other side.
(c) Training new men for battle.
(d) Making deals with other kings to help him.

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

10. Why does Cuchulain increase his killing as Medb moves into Ulster?
(a) They are taunting him and it angers him.
(b) He is nervous that they are getting stronger.
(c) They are reaching his own lands.
(d) They are increasing their numbers of warriors.

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

12. Who is Finnabair?
(a) Fergus's daughter.
(b) Medb's mother.
(c) A prophetess who Cuchulain has killed.
(d) Ailill's daughter.

13. The stories about Cuchulain show that he has amazing abilities but he also has a flaw. What is it?
(a) He changes his strategy too often.
(b) He wants to be top dog, no matter who suffers.
(c) He is not physically strong.
(d) He takes too long to make decisions.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Morrigan disguise herself when she sees Cuchulain coming?

2. What does the fairy warrior offer to do for Cuchulain?

3. How many young boys of Ulster march off to help Cuchulan defeat the Irish?

4. How does Cuchulain get his revenge on Medb for sending six Druids to fight him?

5. What is the name of the bull of Cooley?

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