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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Donn is almost back to Cruachan?
(a) He is captured.
(b) He kills a thousand Ulstermen.
(c) He kills a thousand Irishmen.
(d) He dies.

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

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

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

5. Dubthach plots to capture Cuchulain. What does Fergus do?
(a) Tells Cuchulain what Dubthach is doing.
(b) Kick Dubthach out of the camp.
(c) Kill Dubthach.
(d) Join Dubthach in his plot.

6. What does Conchobar order the men of Ulster to do?
(a) To take up arms.
(b) To kill Medb but not Ailill.
(c) Refuse to fight.
(d) March south.

7. What is unusual about Cuchulain's hair?
(a) It is three different colors.
(b) He is almost bald.
(c) It is very long.
(d) It is worn in a ponytail.

8. What did Fergus want Ailill to give him for the great battle?
(a) His sword back.
(b) Protection from death.
(c) Ten bags of gold.
(d) The best horse.

9. What does Fergus tell Medb as a result of what MacRoth saw in the woods?
(a) That she should retreat.
(b) That the Ulstermen have a weak army.
(c) That he is deserting.
(d) That the Ulstermen are retreating.

10. Who is Sencha?
(a) A teller of fortunes.
(b) Cuchulain's younger brother.
(c) Conchobar's general.
(d) Fergus's son.

11. How many warriors did Menn bring with him?
(a) Five.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty.

12. How does Amargin try to block the Irish fighters?
(a) By sending his trained wolves after them.
(b) By throwing stones at them.
(c) By setting fire to the forest.
(d) By building a road block.

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

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

15. What does Cethern soak in for three days?
(a) Blood.
(b) Beef.
(c) Marrow.
(d) Cattle guts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Morrigan cause trouble for both sides?

2. Who is next to fight the Irish after Menn?

3. What does "red-shame" refer to?

4. Why is Cuchulain so angry he tears Mann to pieces?

5. What is the result of Cuchulain's anger fit?

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