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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) Practices his skills and stays fit.
(b) Talks with his advisors.
(c) Plays chess to improve his strategies.
(d) Chooses the best horse.

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

3. Which of the following is not true about Cuchulain?
(a) He is a great speaker.
(b) He is a great warrior.
(c) He is considered a god.
(d) He is a teenager.

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

5. How does Cuchulain kill Cyr?
(a) Hits him over the head with his shield.
(b) Hides in an apple tree and shoots him with an arrow.
(c) Breaks his neck while wrestling.
(d) Throws an apple through his shield and head.

6. Why did Cuchulain promise not to kill Larini?
(a) Larini had once saved his life.
(b) Larini's brother was another old Ulster friend.
(c) Cuchulain was afraid of Larini.
(d) Cuchulain felt sorry for simple-minded Larini.

7. What does Cuchulain propose by saying he won't kill the men anymore if he gets food and water each day?
(a) A surrender.
(b) A truce.
(c) A declaration of war.
(d) A ceasefire.

8. Why does the king decide to recognize young Cuchulain as a great warrior?
(a) If he doesn't, Cuchulain will kill all the boys in the kingdom.
(b) If he doesn't, Cuchulain has threatened to kill him.
(c) If he doesn't, Cuchulain's father will take his land.
(d) If he doesn't, Cuchulain will kill his livestock.

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

10. What does Ailill do about the marching boys of Ulster?
(a) He ignores them - they are just kids.
(b) He makes them into slaves.
(c) He sends his own men to destroy them.
(d) He takes them all prisoner.

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

12. What does Medb do as she makes her way through Ulster?
(a) Steals everything she can.
(b) Kills everyone she comes across.
(c) Names all the places after herself.
(d) Makes the men join her army.

13. How does Cuchulain get his revenge on Medb for sending six Druids to fight him?
(a) He makes plans to capture Medb.
(b) He takes one hundred soldiers prisoner.
(c) He kills some soldiers with his slingshot.
(d) He captures and tortures Medb's beloved dog.

14. When Loch is dying, what does he beg Cuchulain to do?
(a) Stop all the battles and make peace.
(b) Pull his spear out of Loch's chest.
(c) Kill Loch's second-in-command.
(d) Step backward so Loch can fall forward.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dari accepts Medb's offer. After the feast to celebrate, he changes his mind. Why?

2. What do Medb and Ailill think is responsible for Cuchulain's success in battle?

3. After Redg the Satirist is killed, how many men do Medb and Ailill send to battle with Cuchulain?

4. The stories about Cuchulain show that he has amazing abilities but he also has a flaw. What is it?

5. Why were the men of Ireland waiting around for two weeks?

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