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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Cuchulainn do to the horses of the charioteers he stops?
(a) Keeps them.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Cuts their ears off.
(d) Eats them.

4. Which girl does Cuchulainn court?
(a) Dredriu.
(b) Aife.
(c) Emer.
(d) Domnall.

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

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

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

8. Who forces Aife to bear a son?
(a) Domnall.
(b) Scathach.
(c) Forgall.
(d) Cuchulainn.

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

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

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

12. Who is named king for one year?
(a) Macha.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Conchobor.
(d) Nes.

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

14. Which warrior lifted grown soldiers over his head?
(a) Conchobor.
(b) Domnall.
(c) Cuchulainn.
(d) Fergus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is strange about Fedelm?

2. What is the name of Conchobor's sister?

3. Who kills a guard dog?

4. Of which community does Fergus rule as king?

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

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