The Tain Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Tain Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Daire?
(a) Donn Cuailnge's sister.
(b) Donn Cuailnge's wife.
(c) Donn Cuailnge's brother.
(d) Donn Cuailnge's owner.

2. Who announces the day and time that is perfect for conceiving a child who would gain great fame in Ireland?
(a) Nes.
(b) Muirgen.
(c) Cathbad.
(d) Senchan.

3. How does the army circumvent the trap left in the road for them?
(a) They go around it through the water.
(b) They go over it.
(c) They go around it through the forest.
(d) They move behind it.

4. Who kills Cuchulainn's son?
(a) Emer.
(b) Forgall.
(c) Cuchhulainn.
(d) Domnall.

5. Who acts as a midwife, delivering a child at the inn?
(a) Nes.
(b) Macha.
(c) Deichtine.
(d) Derdriu.

6. Who steals Conchobor's weapons and chariot?
(a) Ailill
(b) Fergus.
(c) Medb.
(d) Cuchulainn.

7. What is used for hobbling animals?
(a) A gae bolga.
(b) A space leap.
(c) A warp spasm.
(d) A magical spancel-hoop.

8. How does Cuchulainn chop down a tree?
(a) Snaps it with his bare hands.
(b) Using his own teeth.
(c) With a live beaver to saw through it.
(d) With one chop.

9. How many neighborhood boys does Cuchulainn defeat as a toddler?
(a) 25.
(b) 1.
(c) 150.
(d) 15.

10. Of which community does Fergus rule as king?
(a) Allil.
(b) Tain.
(c) Ulster.
(d) Ireland.

11. Who is the first handsome young man in which Derdriu has an interest?
(a) Eogan.
(b) Noisiu.
(c) Conchobor.
(d) Fergus.

12. What is given in exchange for the baby born at the inn?
(a) A sack of grain.
(b) A barrel of water.
(c) A donkey.
(d) Two horses.

13. Which girl does Cuchulainn court?
(a) Dredriu.
(b) Emer.
(c) Domnall.
(d) Aife.

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

15. What, according to Cuchulaiin's girl, must he do without for one year?
(a) Sex.
(b) Food.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who knows the whole story of "Tain Bo Cuailnge?"

2. What does Cuchulainn do to the charioteers stopped by the fallen tree?

3. Which warrior lifted grown soldiers over his head?

4. Who does Fergus want to marry?

5. Who curses the men of Ulster?

(see the answer keys)

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