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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. Why does the fairy put magical herbs on Cuchulain while he sleeps?
(a) To give him superhuman eyesight.
(b) To heal his wounds.
(c) To increase his strength.
(d) To give him the power to see the future.

2. Why is Finnabair killed?
(a) Cochulain catches on to a trick Ailill tries to pull on him.
(b) She tries to kill Cuchulain herself.
(c) She is not beautiful enough to be Cuchulain's bride.
(d) She lies to Cuchulain about Medb.

3. How does Cuchulain kill Ferbaeth?
(a) By accidentally throwing a stake behind him.
(b) He digs a hole for him to fall into.
(c) With poison.
(d) He sends someone else to do it.

4. What does Cuchulain pray for Morrigan?
(a) That she will live to be a hundred.
(b) That she will find riches.
(c) That her injuries would heal.
(d) That she will tell him where Medb is.

5. What does the narrator tell the reader at the end of "The Foretelling"?
(a) That the story will be lost forever if not spoken aloud.
(b) The introduction is over and the body of the story is next.
(c) That the narrator was Medb's personal bodyguard.
(d) That the introduction was just a dream sequence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ailill and Medb want to ask Cuchulain for after the slaughter of the boy trooper?

2. Which of the following is not true about Cuchulain?

3. Ferbaeth is next in line to fight Cuchulain. What is his relationship to Cuchulain?

4. Why does the king decide to recognize young Cuchulain as a great warrior?

5. What is the result of Finnabair's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Cethern a good ally for Cuchulain?

4. Cuchulain lets Medb resettle her army, but meanwhile what is happening?

5. Why is Cuchulain not happy with his father's actions in The Repeated Warning of Sualtaim? What does Cuchulain have to do in the end?

6. How does Medb anger Cuchulain by sending six druids to fight him?

7. How does the book end with both victory and defeat?

8. Why is the battle at Fintan called the tooth-fight?

9. What does the "red-shame of Menn" refer to?

10. How does Cuchulain show the Irish that he is a real threat to them?

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