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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the topic of the couple who is talking in bed?
(a) Leadership ability comparison.
(b) Jewel comparison.
(c) Wealth comparison.
(d) Friend comparison.

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

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

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

5. How many feats must Cuchulainn complete to win his girl's heart?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

7. Who kills Cuchulainn's son?
(a) Cuchhulainn.
(b) Domnall.
(c) Emer.
(d) Forgall.

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

9. Who announces the day and time that is perfect for conceiving a child who would gain great fame in Ireland?
(a) Cathbad.
(b) Muirgen.
(c) Nes.
(d) Senchan.

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

11. Who knows the whole story of "Tain Bo Cuailnge?"
(a) Everyone.
(b) Conchobor.
(c) Senchan.
(d) No one.

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

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

14. Whose guard dog is killed?
(a) Culann.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Domnall.
(d) Conall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the toddler Cuchulainn defeat the neighborhood boys?

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

3. Who is Finnbennach?

4. How many babies are born at the finish line of the chariot race?

5. How does Cuchulainn chop down a tree?

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