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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Tain, I - III, pages 51 - 76.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is given in exchange for the baby born at the inn?
(a) Two horses.
(b) A sack of grain.
(c) A barrel of water.
(d) A donkey.

2. Who catches a "bug" from a drink of water?
(a) Derdriu.
(b) Conchobor.
(c) Macha.
(d) Deichtine.

3. Who is frightened by Cuchulainn's tree-chopping?
(a) Domnall.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Medb.
(d) Ailill.

4. Who is Finnbennach?
(a) A king.
(b) A bull.
(c) A warrior.
(d) The queen's lover.

5. What is the one thing the woman who is talking in bed lacks?
(a) A best friend.
(b) A bull.
(c) A ruby.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Cuchulainn's son when he arrives to his father?

2. How long does the curse on the men of Ulster last?

3. What is it that Medb's army searches to find?

4. Whose child lets out an audible scream from the womb?

5. What is the name of Conchobor's sister?

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