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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Slaying of Ferbaeth | The Combat of Larini MacNois.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the bull of Cooley's special powers?
(a) He is so large he can kill three men with one step.
(b) He can speak.
(c) He breeds with heifers who give birth the next day.
(d) He breeds with heifers who always have twins.

2. How does Cuchulain kill Cyr?
(a) Hits him over the head with his shield.
(b) Breaks his neck while wrestling.
(c) Throws an apple through his shield and head.
(d) Hides in an apple tree and shoots him with an arrow.

3. Etarcumul declares he will kill Cuchulain. Why does Cuchulain refuse to fight him?
(a) He believes Etarcumul is his own brother.
(b) Cuchulain is afraid he would lose and die himself.
(c) Etarcumul came with Fergus who Cuchulain calls his foster-father.
(d) Etarcumul is too young to fight.

4. What are Ailill and Medb talking about as they lie in their bed?
(a) That Ailill was a king before he married Medb.
(b) That Medb did not get along with her father.
(c) Their health.
(d) Their wealth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Finnabair killed?

2. Why does Medb want her men to tunnel through the mountain?

3. What does Ailill do about the marching boys of Ulster?

4. How does Cuchulain kill Mani, Medb and Ailill's son?

5. How does Medb react to Fedelm's prophecy of a bloody battle?

(see the answer key)

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