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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Conchobor's mother?
(a) Cathbad.
(b) Muirgen.
(c) Nes.
(d) Macha.

2. How many marauders attacked Ulster when Cuchulainn had to save it?
(a) 27.
(b) 150.
(c) 12.
(d) 500.

3. Why is Medb convinced the Ulster men will be easily defeated?
(a) They are untrained in war.
(b) They are having labor pains.
(c) They have no hero to lead them.
(d) They are wimps.

4. How old is Cuchulainn's son when he arrives to his father?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

5. Who gives the prediction that the first person to take up arms on a particular day would become a great warrior?
(a) Cathbed.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Emer.
(d) Fedelm.

6. What do Conchobor and his men hunt on their chariots?
(a) Birds.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Gazelle.
(d) Moose.

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

8. Who is the wise judge that Conchobor consults?
(a) Cathbed.
(b) Emer.
(c) Conall.
(d) Morann.

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

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

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

12. Who slays both Noisiu and Fiacha?
(a) Conchobor.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Nes.
(d) Eogan.

13. To whom does Fergus tell stories about Cuchulainn's great adventures and exploits?
(a) Ailill.
(b) Medb.
(c) Domnall.
(d) Emer.

14. How many charioteers does Cuchulainn stop with one fallen tree?
(a) 4.
(b) 14.
(c) 21.
(d) 12.

15. Who does Deichtine marry?
(a) Fergus mac Roich.
(b) Senchan.
(c) Sualdam mac Roich..
(d) Conchobor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who knows the whole story of "Tain Bo Cuailnge?"

2. Which of Medb's sons is beheaded by Cuchulainn?

3. What is the one thing the woman who is talking in bed lacks?

4. Who does Medb send to kill Cuchulainn?

5. Which misty figure explains the Tain?

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