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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Medb's sons is beheaded by Cuchulainn?
(a) Fraech.
(b) Aylull.
(c) Orlam.
(d) Mongrale.

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

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

4. What does Cuchulainn drink as an infant?
(a) Fine wine.
(b) Ale.
(c) Goat's milk
(d) Bull's blood.

5. What is the one thing the woman who is talking in bed lacks?
(a) A ruby.
(b) Gold.
(c) A bull.
(d) A best friend.

6. Who kills a guard dog?
(a) Fergus.
(b) Macha.
(c) Conchorbor.
(d) Cuchulainn.

7. From where does Cuchulainn capture a live wild deer and a flock of swans?
(a) In the clouds.
(b) In a desert.
(c) In a marsh.
(d) In a forest.

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

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

10. Who is the first handsome young man in which Derdriu has an interest?
(a) Noisiu.
(b) Eogan.
(c) Conchobor.
(d) Fergus.

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

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

13. Who steals Conchobor's weapons and chariot?
(a) Ailill
(b) Fergus.
(c) Medb.
(d) Cuchulainn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Fergus tell stories about Cuchulainn's great adventures and exploits?

2. Who kills Cuchulainn's son?

3. Who saved Conchobor and his son Cuscraid from the battlefield after they were defeated by King Eogan?

4. How does Cuchulainn halt the army's progress upon Ulster?

5. What does Cuchulainn do to the horses of the charioteers he stops?

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