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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of the meeting of the Ulstermen?
(a) They offer to sacrifice their best warrior to the gods.
(b) They quit and go home.
(c) They make a whole new strategy for coming battles.
(d) They get angry and kill each other.

2. What does Medb's watchman see running towards him?
(a) Ferchu.
(b) The ghost of Ferdiad.
(c) A naked man.
(d) A team of runaway horses.

3. Dubthach of Ulster is angry with Cuchulain. Why?
(a) Cuchulain forced his sons to join his army.
(b) His wife told him Cuchulain was rude to her.
(c) Cuchulain tried to kidnap his wife.
(d) His wife is enamored of Cuchulain.

4. How does Cuchulain appear to the woman and civilians traveling with the army?
(a) In disguise as a farmer.
(b) In his full battle gear.
(c) In his normal clothes.
(d) As a Druid.

5. Where do Ferchu and his bandits do their robbing and stealing?
(a) In Connemara.
(b) In the borderlands.
(c) On the coastal area.
(d) On the isle of Arran.

6. Why did Cuchulain feel guilty about the Slaughter of the Youths?
(a) He had been asleep for three days and didn't protect them.
(b) Many of them were his friends and cousins.
(c) He had promised their families they wouldn't die.
(d) He had planned to train them before battle.

7. The battle for Medb's daughter is called a white-fight. Why?
(a) It happened at dawn.
(b) It was a pure cause.
(c) No one died.
(d) No blood was shed by her loved one.

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

9. What is Iliach's reaction to the Irish scorn?
(a) He is enraged and kills them with his bare hands.
(b) He is scared and runs away.
(c) He makes them chase him and they fall off a cliff.
(d) He sends for his troops.

10. How does Cuchulain destroy Ferchu and his bandits?
(a) By poisoning them.
(b) By slow torture.
(c) By cutting off their heads.
(d) By driving them off a cliff.

11. Medb wants Fergus to fight Cuchulain. Why doesn't he want to?
(a) Fergus thinks Cuchulain is evil.
(b) Fergus doesn't want to kill a man of the same religion.
(c) Fergus is small and weak and fears Cuchulain.
(d) Cuchulain was his young disciple.

12. Who was the leader of the Youths of Ulster?
(a) Ailill.
(b) Conchobar.
(c) Follomain.
(d) Aisling.

13. What does Ferdiad say he will do if he kills Cuchulain?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Have himself made King of Ulster.
(c) Become a druid priest.
(d) Kill Medb.

14. Ferdiad is picked to fight Cuchulain but refuses. What does Medb do?
(a) Shames him in front of all the men.
(b) Ties him to a tree.
(c) Gets sorcerers to create boils on Ferdiad's skin.
(d) Throws him into a pit of snakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Morrigan cause trouble for both sides?

2. Why did the Irish pick Tamon to go to Cuchulain in disguise?

3. What do the Irish men think of the result of the meeting of the Ulstermen?

4. What does Cethern soak in for three days?

5. The Irish make progress. What is their plan?

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