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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. Who convinces Cuchulaiin to go for more training?
(a) Domnall.
(b) Forgall.
(c) Fergus.
(d) Conchobor.

2. Which drunk man slept with his sister?
(a) Conchobor.
(b) Muirgen.
(c) Fergus.
(d) Senchan.

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

4. Who catches a "bug" from a drink of water?
(a) Macha.
(b) Deichtine.
(c) Conchobor.
(d) Derdriu.

5. What is the one thing the woman who is talking in bed lacks?
(a) A ruby.
(b) A best friend.
(c) A bull.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills a guard dog?

2. What, according to Cuchulaiin's girl, must he do without for one year?

3. Who is Conchobor's mother?

4. From where does Cuchulainn capture a live wild deer and a flock of swans?

5. How many babies are born at the finish line of the chariot race?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the first person Cuchulainn kills with the gae bolga? Explain the circumstances that result in the death.

2. Why were the men of Ulster defenseless against a group of invading marauders? Why wasn't Cuchulainn affected?

3. How does Derdriu die?

4. Who is Fedelm? What is unique about her and what message does she share with Medb?

5. Who makes up Medb and Ailill's great army?

6. What are the names of the two pig-keepers in the story and what unusual power do both have?

7. What vow does Cuchulainn make to himself and how is it related to the names of the fords and plains of the story?

8. What is unusual about Fedlimid's pregnant wife?

9. Name three creatures that become involved in the epic battle between the two pig-keepers.

10. Who does Derdriu marry and how does their marriage occur?

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