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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cuchulainn do to the charioteers stopped by the fallen tree?
(a) Burns them.
(b) Ties the up.
(c) Decapitates them.
(d) Takes them back to the castle.

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

3. Who is Daire?
(a) Donn Cuailnge's owner.
(b) Donn Cuailnge's brother.
(c) Donn Cuailnge's wife.
(d) Donn Cuailnge's sister.

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

5. Who kills a guard dog?
(a) Conchorbor.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Cuchulainn.
(d) Macha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who talks in bed?

2. Who is Donn Cuailnge?

3. How does the chariot race end?

4. Who steals Conchobor's weapons and chariot?

5. How does Cuchulainn chop down a tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the owner of the prized possession think about the exchange offer and what is the ultimate result of it?

2. Who is the first person Cuchulainn kills with the gae bolga? Explain the circumstances that result in the death.

3. What one asset differs between the king and queen? Who is missing it and how does it make that person feel?

4. How does Conchobor become king of Ulster?

5. How does Emer's father plan to get rid of Cuchulainn? What is the result?

6. Why does Cuchulainn spare Orlam's charioteer, then kill him later?

7. What happens when Cuchulainn realizes he has killed his son?

8. Who does Derdriu marry and how does their marriage occur?

9. What is unusual about Fedlimid's pregnant wife?

10. How does Derdriu die?

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