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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Now of the Battle | The Muster of the Men of Erin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Celtchar a leader of?
(a) The Scots.
(b) The Ulstermen.
(c) The Irish.
(d) The Druids.

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

3. What does Ailill do about the marching boys of Ulster?
(a) He takes them all prisoner.
(b) He makes them into slaves.
(c) He sends his own men to destroy them.
(d) He ignores them - they are just kids.

4. How do the Irish woman react to Cuchulain's appearance?
(a) They can't see him - he is invisible to women.
(b) They ask the soldiers to lift them up to see him.
(c) They think he is ugly.
(d) They won't look at him because he is their enemy.

5. What does Cethern demand from Cuchulain?
(a) His sword.
(b) That he get medical help for him.
(c) That he surrender.
(d) That he join him in killing Medb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conchobar order the men of Ulster to do?

2. What do the people who help Cuchulain after the battle with Ferdiad put on his wounds?

3. What does Cethern soak in for three days?

4. How does Cuchulain trick the man of Ireland into telling him what he wants to know?

5. Cuchulain comes across one of the men of Ireland. What does he help him do?

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