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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cethern's father, Fintan, brings a hundred and fifty men with him. How many Irish do they kill?
(a) Three times as many.
(b) Ten times as many.
(c) Twice as many.
(d) Five times as many.

2. Who comes to help Cuchulain after Catalin beats him into the ground?
(a) Laeg.
(b) Fiachu.
(c) Ferchu.
(d) Fergus.

3. What is Sualtaim unsuccessful in doing?
(a) Getting his people help Cuchulain.
(b) Capturing Medb.
(c) Fighting the Irish.
(d) Capturing the white cow.

4. Who is killed by the bulls while they fight?
(a) Cuchulain.
(b) Medb.
(c) Conchobar.
(d) Bricriu.

5. What do Cethern's wounds tell?
(a) How long he has to live.
(b) How healthy he is.
(c) The future of the Irish.
(d) What sort of person inflicted them.

6. What do the people who help Cuchulain after the battle with Ferdiad put on his wounds?
(a) The milk of the white cow.
(b) Ointment.
(c) Ground weeds and mud.
(d) Herbs and potions.

7. What does Cuchulain have on each hand and foot?
(a) Jewels on every finger and toe.
(b) Tattoos that show he is a warrior.
(c) Fur gloves and boots.
(d) Seven fingers and seven toes.

8. What does "red-shame" refer to?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Blood.
(c) A shield.
(d) Hair.

9. What do the doctors tell Cethern?
(a) That he should kill Cuchulain.
(b) That magically, there are no signs of wounds.
(c) That he will die from his wounds.
(d) That his wounds are not serious.

10. Laeg and Cuchulain get ready for battle. What does Laeg do about the chariot?
(a) Make it invisible.
(b) Decorate it with skulls of Irish killed in battle.
(c) Hide it in the forest.
(d) Destroy it.

11. How does Cormac make Donn angry so that he fights all night?
(a) He trips him with long poles.
(b) He waves a red flag under his nose.
(c) He feeds the other bull but not Donn.
(d) He tells him he was not worth the journey.

12. The Irish make progress. What is their plan?
(a) To take Laeg prisoner.
(b) To kill Conchobar.
(c) To lay down their arms.
(d) To steal all the Ulster women and animals.

13. Who does Donn the bull fight?
(a) The Great Bull of Ulster.
(b) Ailill's bull.
(c) Cuchulain's bull.
(d) Fergus's bull.

14. How many witches foretell the defeat of Ulster?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

15. Why do the Irish fighters scorn Iliach as a warrior?
(a) He has no weapons.
(b) His horse and chariot are shabby.
(c) He is a braggart.
(d) He is stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ferdiad say he will do if he kills Cuchulain?

2. Who visit the Irish in their camps?

3. Cuchulain killed Tamon because Tamon was disguised as someone else. Who?

4. Why did the men of Ulster come together?

5. How does Amargin try to block the Irish fighters?

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