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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What should have Oengus done when he arrived to help Cuchulain?
(a) Made a good friend of Fergus.
(b) Listened to Cuchulain on how best to help him.
(c) Consulted the Druids on his future.
(d) Killed many Irish to prove he was an excellent soldier.

3. What does Cethern demand from Cuchulain?
(a) That he surrender.
(b) His sword.
(c) That he get medical help for him.
(d) That he join him in killing Medb.

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

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

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

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

8. What will Medb and Ailill not do if Menn retreats to his kingdom?
(a) Pay him.
(b) Protect him.
(c) Chase him.
(d) Harrass him.

9. What do the Irish men think of the result of the meeting of the Ulstermen?
(a) They are disgusted with the Ulster men.
(b) They want to make peace.
(c) They plot to join them and fight Cuchulain.
(d) They think Cuchulain is too weak to fight these men.

10. Why did the Irish pick Tamon to go to Cuchulain in disguise?
(a) Because he was a coward.
(b) Because he was a rebel.
(c) Because he was clever.
(d) Because he was dim-witted.

11. How does Cethern get killed?
(a) Medb ties him up and leaves him to die.
(b) He is pushed off a cliff.
(c) He is drowned in a vat of cattle blood.
(d) Ailill's son lures him into a ring of armed men.

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

13. What do the Ulstermen do with the Irish female slaves?
(a) Release them back to their families.
(b) Leave them with Medb.
(c) Take them as their own slaves.
(d) Kill them.

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

15. Why did the men of Ulster come together?
(a) To build a huge pit to trap Irish warriors.
(b) To consult with the Druids.
(c) To discuss a fighting strategy.
(d) To help Cuchulain who is very sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. After eight hours of battle with shields and blades, what do Ferdiad and Cuchulain decide to do?

2. Who comes to help Cuchulain heal after his battle with Ferdiad?

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

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

5. Medb wants Fergus to fight Cuchulain. Why doesn't he want to?

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