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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Finnbennach?
(a) A king.
(b) A bull.
(c) A warrior.
(d) The queen's lover.

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

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

4. Who is Emer's father?
(a) Cuchulaiin.
(b) Forgall.
(c) Domnall.
(d) Fergus.

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

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

7. What is it that Medb's army searches to find?
(a) The bull.
(b) Cuchulainn.
(c) Gold.
(d) The king.

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

9. How is the story of the Tain recorded?
(a) In writing.
(b) By oral tradition.
(c) In pictures.
(d) On cave walls.

10. How many neighborhood boys does Cuchulainn defeat as a toddler?
(a) 150.
(b) 25.
(c) 1.
(d) 15.

11. What is the name of Sualdam's son?
(a) Senchan.
(b) Ulster.
(c) Cuchulainn.
(d) Setanta.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the army's 3,000 elite warriors called?

2. Who is Daire?

3. Which girl does Cuchulainn court?

4. What is the topic of the couple who is talking in bed?

5. Who recreated the magical spancel-hoop?

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