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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cuchulain killed Tamon because Tamon was disguised as someone else. Who?
(a) Medb.
(b) A druid.
(c) Morrigan.
(d) Ailill.

2. What does Cuchulain want the Ulstermen to do?
(a) To lay down their arms.
(b) To join the Irish army.
(c) To leave Ireland.
(d) To raise arms.

3. Why is Cuchulain so angry he tears Mann to pieces?
(a) Fergus reminds him of the Slaughter of the Youth.
(b) Fergus reminds him Mann had killed a close friend of his.
(c) Mann is the most obnoxious person he has ever met.
(d) Mann called him a coward.

4. How many bandits are in Ferchu's gang?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty-seven.

5. What problem does the death of Medb's daughter cause?
(a) She loses her will to fight.
(b) She not longer has a prize to offer the warriors.
(c) There is no heir to the kingdom.
(d) Ailill goes crazy with grief.

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

7. Who helps Catalin fight Cuchulain?
(a) His twenty-seven sons and their sons.
(b) His twenty-seven uncles and cousins.
(c) His twenty-seven brothers.
(d) His twenty-seven grandsons.

8. Why does the fairy refuse to help Cuchulain avenge the Slaughter of the Youths?
(a) Cuchulain will get all the credit for the battle.
(b) The fairy has to help someone else now.
(c) Cuchulain has used up his three wishes.
(d) The fairy has lost interest in battles and war.

9. What does Donn's last action put an end to?
(a) Cattle raising in Ireland.
(b) The cattle raid of Cooley.
(c) The powers of the Druids.
(d) The unity of Ireland and Ulster.

10. What do Catalin and his men do before they go into battle?
(a) Tip their weapons with poison.
(b) Sacrifice one of the their women.
(c) Pray on their knees for the help of the gods.
(d) Kill any cow within five miles.

11. Why did the Irish name the site of the battle the Tooth-Fight?
(a) They used teeth of wild animals as their talismans.
(b) They fought by biting each other.
(c) They were said to have fought "tooth and nail".
(d) The bodies of the men were jaw-locked with one another.

12. Fergus approaches Cuchulain without a sword. Why?
(a) Fergus believes his magical powers will help him kill Cuchulain.
(b) Ailill took it when he found out about Fergus' affair with Medb.
(c) He forgot his sword back at camp.
(d) Cuchulain made a deal to fight him with bare hands only.

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

14. What does Fergus finally offer to do if Cuchulain will run away?
(a) Give him the magical white cow.
(b) Kill Ailill.
(c) Kill Medb.
(d) End the cattle raid.

15. Who kills Iliach in the end?
(a) Magnus.
(b) Maga.
(c) Dochi.
(d) Doherty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is untrue about Mann?

3. What fraction of the Irish army survives Cuchulain's rage?

4. What did Fergus want Ailill to give him for the great battle?

5. Why do the Irish fighters scorn Iliach as a warrior?

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