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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Medb offer Cuchulain if he will stop killing her men?
(a) Her niece as a bride for Cuchulain.
(b) Half of her herd of cattle.
(c) Land south of the River Ouse.
(d) A hundred pounds of gold.

2. What does Medb do as she makes her way through Ulster?
(a) Steals everything she can.
(b) Names all the places after herself.
(c) Makes the men join her army.
(d) Kills everyone she comes across.

3. Why does the king decide to recognize young Cuchulain as a great warrior?
(a) If he doesn't, Cuchulain will kill his livestock.
(b) If he doesn't, Cuchulain will kill all the boys in the kingdom.
(c) If he doesn't, Cuchulain has threatened to kill him.
(d) If he doesn't, Cuchulain's father will take his land.

4. How does the fairy Morrigan first disguise herself in battle with Cuchulain?
(a) As a white cow.
(b) As a white bird.
(c) As a white horse.
(d) As a white cat.

5. What does the fairy warrior offer to do for Cuchulain?
(a) Hide Cuchulain in his secret cave.
(b) Lead the Irish army away from him.
(c) Tell him all the secrets his knows about the Irish battle strategy.
(d) Fight the Irish while Cuchulain rests and gets better.

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

7. In her second disguise, Morrigan is an eel. What does she do to Cuchulain in battle?
(a) Binds herself around his arms.
(b) Scares him so he drops his shield.
(c) Binds herself around his feet.
(d) Slithers under his armor and tickles him.

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

9. How does the bull enter Medb's possession?
(a) It is given to her as a gift from the Irish man who found it.
(b) She steals it from Cuchulain's men.
(c) Cuchulain fights the Irish and the cattle run to the Irish camp.
(d) She trades a bag full of gold for it.

10. How does the army get the cattle herd to trample Forgemen to death?
(a) They make him lie down in the cattle barn where the animals eat.
(b) They have the dogs round up the cattle where Forgemen sleeps on the ground.
(c) They tie Forgemen to a swinging gate and let the cattle through.
(d) They drive Forgemen and the cattle into a narrow valley.

11. How does Cuchulain convince Loch that he should fight him?
(a) He wore a pretend beard to look older.
(b) He told him he had put a curse on his family.
(c) He stole his wife away from him.
(d) He killed a herd of deer in front of him.

12. The Crutti Cainbilli were not ordinary men at all. What were they?
(a) Druids.
(b) Christian priests.
(c) Witches.
(d) Kings and princes.

13. How does Cuchulain kill Ferbaeth?
(a) He digs a hole for him to fall into.
(b) By accidentally throwing a stake behind him.
(c) He sends someone else to do it.
(d) With poison.

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

15. What does Forgemen do?
(a) He makes sure the armor is ready for the Irish fighters.
(b) He takes care of the great bull of Cooley.
(c) He takes care of the other cattle of Cooley.
(d) He negotiates everything between Medb and Cuchulain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say it would be boring to tell about every battle?

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

3. Medb wants to borrow Dari of Cooley's bull for a year. What deal does MacRoth the Messenger offer Dari?

4. What are Ailill and Medb talking about as they lie in their bed?

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

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