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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 is given in exchange for the baby born at the inn?
(a) Two horses.
(b) A barrel of water.
(c) A sack of grain.
(d) A donkey.

2. Who is the first handsome young man in which Derdriu has an interest?
(a) Conchobor.
(b) Noisiu.
(c) Eogan.
(d) Fergus.

3. Who does Fergus want to marry?
(a) Nes.
(b) Conchobor.
(c) Derdriu.
(d) Macha.

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

5. How many men does Cuchulaiin's girl want him to kill at each ford?
(a) 100.
(b) 5.
(c) 2500.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose guard dog is killed?

2. What does Cuchulainn do to the charioteers stopped by the fallen tree?

3. What is the name that Cuchulainn is first called?

4. How old was Cuchulainn when he saved Ulster from attacking marauders?

5. Who explains the scream heard from the womb?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Setanta?

2. 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?

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

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

5. How did Cuchulainn get his name?

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

7. What are the names of the two pig-keepers in the story and what unusual power do both have?

8. How does Cuchulainn slow down the great army? What is unusual about his technique? How does the army adjust?

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

10. Why do the two pig-keepers in the story begin to compete with each other?

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