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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 the name of Sualdam's son?
(a) Cuchulainn.
(b) Setanta.
(c) Senchan.
(d) Ulster.

2. How many grown soldiers were lifted over the warrior's head?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

3. Which child is reared by the entire community?
(a) Derdriu.
(b) Emer.
(c) Setanta.
(d) Conchobor.

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

5. What board game does Cuchulainn like as a child?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Fidchell.
(c) Celtic Tic Tac Toe.
(d) Yaschmatzi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fergus want to marry?

2. What is strange about Fedelm?

3. Which drunk man slept with his sister?

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

5. Who refuses Conchobor's sexual advances?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Name three creatures that become involved in the epic battle between the two pig-keepers.

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

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

5. Who is Fedelm? What is unique about her and what message does she share with Medb?

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

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

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

9. Why does Macha curse the men of Ulster?

10. What vow does Cuchulainn make to himself and how is it related to the names of the fords and plains of the story?

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