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

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

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

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

5. How does the chariot race end?
(a) It never ends.
(b) In a tie.
(c) The chariot wins.
(d) She wins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Cuchulainn's son when he arrives to his father?

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

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

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

5. How does the army circumvent the trap left in the road for them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What three tasks does Emer require her suitor to complete?

3. How does Conchobor become king of Ulster?

4. Discuss "woman's thinking" as the great army nears Ulster.

5. Why does Macha curse the men of Ulster?

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

7. What is the prized possession being sought because of the king and queen's talk and where is it? What is offered in exchange for it?

8. How did Cuchulainn get his name?

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

10. Describe the discussion between Ailill and Medb and what does it result in?

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