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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cuchulain do each night?
(a) Steal the Irish livestock.
(b) Tell stories and poems of his great victories.
(c) Set fires around the camps of the Irish.
(d) Kill one hundred of the Irish.

2. Before the battle begins, what does Cuchulain see that shocks him?
(a) Medb and Ailill marching towards him.
(b) The bodies of hundreds of his slain warriors.
(c) The trees in the valley have been chopped down.
(d) Thousands of chariots lined up for battle.

3. Where did Medb and Ailill's neighboring kings' men gather?
(a) At Connacht.
(b) At Dublin.
(c) At Fergus.
(d) At Cruachan.

4. What did Cuchulain get the man of Ireland to tell him?
(a) Where the Irish troops are hiding.
(b) The quickest way to get to Dublin.
(c) The best way to find food for his own troops.
(d) Which tent Medb and Ailill are sleeping in.

5. Why did Cuchulain promise not to kill Larini?
(a) Larini's brother was another old Ulster friend.
(b) Cuchulain was afraid of Larini.
(c) Cuchulain felt sorry for simple-minded Larini.
(d) Larini had once saved his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the fairy put magical herbs on Cuchulain while he sleeps?

2. Why was it unusual that Cuchulain killed Lochi?

3. How does Cuchulain convince Loch that he should fight him?

4. How many young boys of Ulster march off to help Cuchulan defeat the Irish?

5. What does Medb do as she makes her way through Ulster?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cuchulain heal Morrigan?

2. Who does Cuchulain kill in "The Meeting of Cuchulain and Finnabair". Why?

3. How do the Irish women react to Cuchulain in his regular clothing and hairstyle?

4. Who is Fedelm and what does she tell Medb?

5. Why does Fergus decide to talk to Medb? What does he tell Medb about what Cuchulain wants to do?

6. Even though Cuchulain is keeping his end of the bargain, Medb and Ailill break theirs. How do they do this?

7. Why do the Irish scorn the Ulstermen in "The Misthrow at Belach Eoin"?

8. Describe Cuchulain's actions in "Now of the Battle".

9. As the battle approaches, what does Fergus see? What does he warn Ailill?

10. What were the Crutti Cainbili and what happened to them?

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