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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. Who acts as a midwife, delivering a child at the inn?
(a) Macha.
(b) Derdriu.
(c) Deichtine.
(d) Nes.

2. Who kills Cuchulainn's son?
(a) Cuchhulainn.
(b) Domnall.
(c) Emer.
(d) Forgall.

3. Whose child lets out an audible scream from the womb?
(a) Nes.
(b) Derdriu.
(c) Macha.
(d) Fedlimid.

4. What is the name of Sualdam's son?
(a) Ulster.
(b) Senchan.
(c) Setanta.
(d) Cuchulainn.

5. What is used for hobbling animals?
(a) A magical spancel-hoop.
(b) A gae bolga.
(c) A warp spasm.
(d) A space leap.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the chariot race end?

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

3. Who is Finnbennach?

4. Which child is reared by the entire community?

5. Who is impressed with Cuchulainn's tree-chopping?

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