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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How Cuchulainn Was Begotten, pages 21-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which misty figure explains the Tain?
(a) Senchan.
(b) Conchobor.
(c) Fergus.
(d) Muirgen.

3. Who raced the chariot?
(a) Macha.
(b) Ailill.
(c) Dredriu.
(d) Fergus.

4. How is the story of the Tain recorded?
(a) By oral tradition.
(b) In pictures.
(c) In writing.
(d) On cave walls.

5. In which land does Domnall originate?
(a) Apel.
(b) Alba.
(c) Albo.
(d) Abba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the poets of Ireland gather to meet?

2. How does the chariot race end?

3. Who has war with Aife?

4. Who explains the scream heard from the womb?

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

(see the answer key)

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