View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Cuchulain feel guilty about the Slaughter of the Youths?

3. What does Donn take back to Cruachan the next morning?

4. What do the Ulstermen do to Medb's bodyguards?

5. Who is killed by the bulls while they fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose four short examples of dialogue that appear in The Cattle Raid at Cooley and describe it in the context of (1) mood; (b) characterization; and (c) conflict. Make sure you identify each of the characters in the dialogue, the situation, and the chapter title.

Essay Topic 2

Pride as a personal characteristic is prevalent in The Cattle Raid of Cooley. Show how pride is shown as a characteristic of these warriors and provide two instances where pride influences their decisions or actions:

(a) Cuchulain

(b) Fergus

(c) Ferdiad

Essay Topic 3

Define the literary term "antagonist". What is the role of an antagonist in literary works? Choose three of the characters below, and show why these characters are antagonists (with Cuchulain as the protagonist) in The Cattle Raid of Cooley (a) providing two examples of characteristics that make them an antagonist, and (b) providing two examples of situations where they behave as an antagonist..

a. Medb

b. Ailill

c. Morrigan

d. Etarcumul

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 302 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample