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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do Catalin and his men do before they go into battle?
(a) Pray on their knees for the help of the gods.
(b) Tip their weapons with poison.
(c) Kill any cow within five miles.
(d) Sacrifice one of the their women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Catalin fight Cuchulain?

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

3. How does Cethern get killed?

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

5. What does Fergus think what MacRoth saw in the woods is all about?

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