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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Account of the Appearance of Cuchulain | Dubthach's Jealousy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cuchulain do to the three MacArach men?
(a) Decapitates them.
(b) Laughs at them and rides off.
(c) Throws them into a pit.
(d) Marches them off to his camp.

2. Medb and Ailill split into two groups. What does Ailill then do?
(a) He stops and camps for a while because he is ill.
(b) He sends a spy to see what Medb and Fergus are doing.
(c) He gets lost on the unfamiliar road.
(d) He ambushes a group of Cuchalain's men.

3. What is the result of Finnabair's death?
(a) Medb offers Cuchulain one of her daughters as a bride.
(b) Fergus goes over to Cuchulain's side.
(c) The truce is renewed with changes.
(d) Ailill and Medb agree there will be no truce with Cuchulain.

4. When Medb met Cuchulain she scoffed at him. Why?
(a) He looked very small and weak.
(b) He looked very tired.
(c) He was drunk.
(d) He was very young.

5. After Redg the Satirist is killed, how many men do Medb and Ailill send to battle with Cuchulain?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Finnabair?

2. How does Medb break an agreement by sending six Druids to fight Cuchulain?

3. Dubthach plots to capture Cuchulain. What does Fergus do?

4. Before the battle begins, what does Cuchulain see that shocks him?

5. What does Cuchulain propose by saying he won't kill the men anymore if he gets food and water each day?

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