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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cuchulainn do to the charioteers stopped by the fallen tree?
(a) Takes them back to the castle.
(b) Ties the up.
(c) Decapitates them.
(d) Burns them.

2. Who talks in bed?
(a) Cuchulainn and Emer.
(b) Medb and Ailill.
(c) Conchobor and Emer.
(d) Forgall and Derdriu.

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

4. Which child is reared by the entire community?
(a) Setanta.
(b) Conchobor.
(c) Derdriu.
(d) Emer.

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

6. What is Fedelm?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A prophetess.
(c) A witch.
(d) A blind girl.

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

8. Where is the inn in which Conchobor and his men find shelter during their hunt?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Umster.
(c) Brug.
(d) Ulster.

9. Who announces the day and time that is perfect for conceiving a child who would gain great fame in Ireland?
(a) Muirgen.
(b) Cathbad.
(c) Senchan.
(d) Nes.

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

11. Who is impressed with Cuchulainn's tree-chopping?
(a) Medb.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Ailill.
(d) Domnall.

12. What is the name that Cuchulainn is first called?
(a) Emer.
(b) Conchobor.
(c) Cathbed.
(d) Sentant.

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

14. Who does Medb send to kill Cuchulainn?
(a) Herself.
(b) Ailill
(c) Fergus.
(d) Fraech.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Cuchulainn capture a live wild deer and a flock of swans?

2. Who warns the men of Ulster of the pending war?

3. In which land does Domnall originate?

4. Who has war with Aife?

5. How many feats must Cuchulainn complete to win his girl's heart?

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