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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Cuchulain sad about fighting Ferbaeth?
(a) He is his favorite uncle.
(b) He is his spiritual advisor.
(c) He was raised with him.
(d) He admires his courage.

2. The men of Ireland set off to Ulster. When they get to Cooley, what do they do?
(a) Surround Cooley and just wait.
(b) Divide into groups and look for the bull.
(c) Raid Conchobar's castle.
(d) Destroy all the villages in the area.

3. Due to Munremar and Curoi's activities, what does Medb ask Cuchulain to do?
(a) Supply her with more livestock.
(b) More space for her army's camp.
(c) Give her money to pay her soldiers.
(d) A short truce so she can move her troops.

4. What does Medb do while Cuchulain is with Morrigan?
(a) Send one hundred men to fight him.
(b) Send Druids out to find Morrigan.
(c) Send a spy to find out where Cuchulain is.
(d) Plot with Ailill to offer Cuchulain her daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Medb offer Cuchulain if he will stop killing her men?

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

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

4. Who finds the bull of Cooley?

5. Which of the following is not true about Cuchulain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cuchulain's actions in "Now of the Battle".

2. How do we know that Ferdiad and Cuchulain were equally matched warriors?

3. What choice does Cuchulain have to make in The Finding of the Bull? Which one does he choose?

4. Oengus had great fighting skills but forgot to do something. What does he forget to do?

5. Why does Forgemen die?

6. Who does Cuchulain kill in "The Meeting of Cuchulain and Finnabair". Why?

7. How are the charioteers from Ulster killed by the Irish?

8. Why does Cethern's lack of patience and better judgment cause his death?

9. How do Medb and Ailill want to use their daughter Finnabair for their own ends? What is the result?

10. At the mid-way point, how is the progress of the great battle?

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