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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. Where is the inn in which Conchobor and his men find shelter during their hunt?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Brug.
(c) Umster.
(d) Ulster.
2. What is given in exchange for the baby born at the inn?
(a) A sack of grain.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A barrel of water.
(d) Two horses.
3. What board game does Cuchulainn like as a child?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Celtic Tic Tac Toe.
(c) Fidchell.
(d) Yaschmatzi.
4. From where does Cuchulainn capture a live wild deer and a flock of swans?
(a) In the clouds.
(b) In a desert.
(c) In a marsh.
(d) In a forest.
5. How many marauders attacked Ulster when Cuchulainn had to save it?
(a) 500.
(b) 150.
(c) 27.
(d) 12.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many grown soldiers were lifted over the warrior's head?
2. Who is frightened by Cuchulainn's tree-chopping?
3. How does the army circumvent the trap left in the road for them?
4. Who is the first handsome young man in which Derdriu has an interest?
5. Who forces Aife to bear a son?
Short Essay Questions
1. What one asset differs between the king and queen? Who is missing it and how does it make that person feel?
2. How does Cuchulainn slow down the great army? What is unusual about his technique? How does the army adjust?
3. Why do the two pig-keepers in the story begin to compete with each other?
4. Name three creatures that become involved in the epic battle between the two pig-keepers.
5. What is a warp spasm and how does it benefit Cuchulainn when he fights the neighborhood boys as a toddler?
6. What three tasks does Emer require her suitor to complete?
7. Who does Derdriu marry and how does their marriage occur?
8. What are the names of the two pig-keepers in the story and what unusual power do both have?
9. What is the prized possession being sought because of the king and queen's talk and where is it? What is offered in exchange for it?
10. Discuss "woman's thinking" as the great army nears Ulster.
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