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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. How many men does Cuchulaiin's girl want him to kill at each ford?
(a) 2500.
(b) 5.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

2. What is the name of Conchobor's sister?
(a) Conch.
(b) Derdriu.
(c) Deichtine.
(d) Nes.

3. Who is sent to find the story of "Tain Bo Cuailnge?"
(a) Fergus.
(b) Senchan.
(c) A group of young scholars.
(d) Muirgen.

4. Who explains the scream heard from the womb?
(a) Cathbad.
(b) Macha.
(c) Nes.
(d) Fedlimid.

5. Who do the poets of Ireland gather to meet?
(a) Senchan Torpeist.
(b) Fergus mac Roich.
(c) Muirgen.
(d) Conchobor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which element does Cuchulaiin's girl ask him to carry while jumping?

2. What is the name of t he child who screamed in the womb?

3. Which misty figure explains the Tain?

4. How many babies are born at the finish line of the chariot race?

5. What is the name that Cuchulainn is first called?

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