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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cethern's Bloody Wounds | The Tooth-Fight of Fintan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the fairy put magical herbs on Cuchulain while he sleeps?
(a) To increase his strength.
(b) To give him the power to see the future.
(c) To give him superhuman eyesight.
(d) To heal his wounds.

2. Why does Nathcrantail tell Medb that Cuchulain is a coward?
(a) Cuchulain ran away from Nathcrantail when he saw him coming.
(b) Cuchulain would not talk to anyone without ten bodyguards.
(c) Cuchulain threw down his sword at Nathcrantail's feet.
(d) Cuchulain ran after a flock of birds.

3. What does Fergus get Cuchulain to agree to?
(a) To kill only one man at a time.
(b) To give Medb and Ailill some of the lands of Ulster.
(c) To surrender.
(d) To train Etarcumul as a warrior.

4. How does Morrigan disguise herself when she sees Cuchulain coming?
(a) As an old woman smoking a pipe.
(b) As an old woman milking a cow.
(c) As an old woman herding sheep.
(d) As an old woman mending clothes.

5. Where does Cuchulain sit waiting for Nathcrantrail to return?
(a) By a mountain.
(b) On the top of a stone column.
(c) In his secret cave.
(d) On his throne in his tent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cethern soak in for three days?

2. As Cuchulain watches the Irish army march south to Ulster, why does Cuchulain grow angry with the Irish army?

3. Why did the Irish name the site of the battle the Tooth-Fight?

4. What does Medb do while Cuchulain is with Morrigan?

5. Etarcumul declares he will kill Cuchulain. Why does Cuchulain refuse to fight him?

(see the answer key)

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