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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of t he child who screamed in the womb?
(a) Fedlimid.
(b) Macha.
(c) Derdriu.
(d) Ness.

3. How many grown soldiers were lifted over the warrior's head?
(a) 30.
(b) 2.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

4. Who saved Conchobor and his son Cuscraid from the battlefield after they were defeated by King Eogan?
(a) Nes.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Cuchulainn.
(d) Domnall.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who convinces Cuchulaiin to go for more training?
(a) Conchobor.
(b) Domnall.
(c) Fergus.
(d) Forgall.

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

15. How does the toddler Cuchulainn defeat the neighborhood boys?
(a) By going into a warp spasm.
(b) By throwing a tantrum.
(c) By puking on them.
(d) By telling their mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who explains the scream heard from the womb?

2. What is it that Medb's army searches to find?

3. Which husband bragged that his wife could beat the fastest chariot?

4. What board game does Cuchulainn like as a child?

5. What, according to Cuchulaiin's girl, must he do without for one year?

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