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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cuchulain had another name before he took the name Cuchulain. What was it?
(a) Cormac.
(b) Brian Boru.
(c) Setanta.
(d) Culann.

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

3. As Cuchulain watches the Irish army march south to Ulster, why does Cuchulain grow angry with the Irish army?
(a) He is injured and fears for his life.
(b) It still has a huge numbers of soldiers.
(c) He wants to make peace and it doesn't.
(d) He has sworn to kill them all but can't do it.

4. Why is Fergus chosen to be the spokesman with the powerful men of Ulster?
(a) He has been an advisor to all the powerful men of Ulster.
(b) He is the only one who speaks their language well.
(c) He was an Ulster king himself before Conchobar drove him out.
(d) He is Conchobar's brother and knows how to handle him.

5. Who decides to try to kill Cuchulain after the slaughter of the boy troop?
(a) Six princes.
(b) Medb.
(c) His half-brother.
(d) Ailill.

6. What does Cuchulain pray for Morrigan?
(a) That her injuries would heal.
(b) That she will tell him where Medb is.
(c) That she will live to be a hundred.
(d) That she will find riches.

7. Why is Cuchulain sad about fighting Ferbaeth?
(a) He admires his courage.
(b) He is his favorite uncle.
(c) He is his spiritual advisor.
(d) He was raised with him.

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

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

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

11. What are Munremar and Curoi involved in?
(a) A plot.
(b) Stealing livestock from the Irish.
(c) A feud.
(d) A business.

12. Larini is a weak fighter but is being sent to fight Cuchulain. Why?
(a) Medb will make Lugaid avenge his brother's death.
(b) He owes Medb a favor.
(c) He has volunteered for a suicide mission.
(d) He has angered Medb.

13. Fedelm is a prophet. What is she doing when Medb meets her for the first time?
(a) Weaving lace.
(b) Tending to her cattle.
(c) Playing on a harp.
(d) Looking into a crystal ball.

14. What happens to Cuchulain's body when he becomes very angry about the actions of the Irish?
(a) It turns into a wolf.
(b) It turns ugly.
(c) It becomes twice as strong as it was.
(d) It loses its muscular strength.

15. What did Cuchulain get the man of Ireland to tell him?
(a) The best way to find food for his own troops.
(b) Which tent Medb and Ailill are sleeping in.
(c) The quickest way to get to Dublin.
(d) Where the Irish troops are hiding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the reader at the end of "The Foretelling"?

2. Cuchulain comes across one of the men of Ireland. What does he help him do?

3. How does the fairy Morrigan first disguise herself in battle with Cuchulain?

4. Due to Munremar and Curoi's activities, what does Medb ask Cuchulain to do?

5. What is Medb's reaction to Etarcumul's death?

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