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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

4. Cethern's father, Fintan, brings a hundred and fifty men with him. How many Irish do they kill?
(a) Five times as many.
(b) Twice as many.
(c) Three times as many.
(d) Ten times as many.

5. Who comes to help Cuchulain heal after his battle with Ferdiad?
(a) The women Ireland.
(b) The women of Ulster.
(c) The men of Ireland.
(d) The men of Ulster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cethern get killed?

2. Who does Cuchulain send to rouse the troops?

3. What does Conchobar order the men of Ulster to do?

4. What fraction of the Irish army survives Cuchulain's rage?

5. What is unusual about Cuchulain's hair?

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