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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose child lets out an audible scream from the womb?
(a) Fedlimid.
(b) Derdriu.
(c) Macha.
(d) Nes.

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

4. Which element does Cuchulaiin's girl ask him to carry while jumping?
(a) Silver.
(b) Lead.
(c) Gold.
(d) Muhr.

5. How many men does Cuchulaiin's girl want him to kill at each ford?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 5.
(d) 2500.

6. How does the killer of the guard dog make amends for its death?
(a) He does not.
(b) By offering his best dog as a replacement.
(c) By volunteering to be a guard dog himself.
(d) By buying a new one.

7. Why is Medb convinced the Ulster men will be easily defeated?
(a) They are untrained in war.
(b) They are having labor pains.
(c) They have no hero to lead them.
(d) They are wimps.

8. Where is the inn in which Conchobor and his men find shelter during their hunt?
(a) Umster.
(b) Brug.
(c) Ulster.
(d) Ireland.

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

10. Who refuses Conchobor's sexual advances?
(a) Fergus.
(b) Macha.
(c) Nes.
(d) Derdriu.

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

12. Who decides to raise the evil child who screamed in the womb?
(a) Conchobor.
(b) Cathbad.
(c) Nes.
(d) Fedlimid.

13. Who is Emer's father?
(a) Domnall.
(b) Forgall.
(c) Fergus.
(d) Cuchulaiin.

14. What is the name of t he child who screamed in the womb?
(a) Fedlimid.
(b) Derdriu.
(c) Ness.
(d) Macha.

15. What is Fedelm?
(a) A prophetess.
(b) A blind girl.
(c) A witch.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which child is reared by the entire community?

2. How does Cuchulainn halt the army's progress upon Ulster?

3. How does the toddler Cuchulainn defeat the neighborhood boys?

4. Who is Donn Cuailnge?

5. Who is frightened by Cuchulainn's tree-chopping?

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