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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who refused to serve under a woman?
(a) Finnbennach.
(b) Medb.
(c) Cuchulainn.
(d) Ailill.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Donn Cuailnge?
(a) The king's lead warrior.
(b) The queen's lover.
(c) A court jester.
(d) Another great bull.

8. Which element does Cuchulaiin's girl ask him to carry while jumping?
(a) Silver.
(b) Muhr.
(c) Gold.
(d) Lead.

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

10. Which drunk man slept with his sister?
(a) Senchan.
(b) Conchobor.
(c) Muirgen.
(d) Fergus.

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

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

13. Of which community does Fergus rule as king?
(a) Ulster.
(b) Allil.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Tain.

14. Who is frightened by Cuchulainn's tree-chopping?
(a) Ailill.
(b) Domnall.
(c) Medb.
(d) Fergus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fergus want to marry?

2. What does Cuchulainn do to the charioteers stopped by the fallen tree?

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

4. How does the killer of the guard dog make amends for its death?

5. Where is the inn in which Conchobor and his men find shelter during their hunt?

(see the answer keys)

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