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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Tain, I - III, pages 51 - 76.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is strange about Fedelm?
(a) She has 3 eyes.
(b) She has 3 irises in each eye.
(c) She has no pupils in her eyes.
(d) She has no irises in her eyes.

2. Who is Finnbennach?
(a) A king.
(b) The queen's lover.
(c) A bull.
(d) A warrior.

3. Who explains the scream heard from the womb?
(a) Nes.
(b) Cathbad.
(c) Fedlimid.
(d) Macha.

4. Who is impressed with Cuchulainn's tree-chopping?
(a) Fergus.
(b) Medb.
(c) Ailill.
(d) Domnall.

5. Which misty figure explains the Tain?
(a) Conchobor.
(b) Senchan.
(c) Muirgen.
(d) Fergus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose child lets out an audible scream from the womb?

2. What is the name that Cuchulainn is first called?

3. Who decides to raise the evil child who screamed in the womb?

4. In which land does Domnall originate?

5. How does the army circumvent the trap left in the road for them?

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