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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. How many versions of how the army arrives in a new community are told in Section VI?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

2. What is the first weapon Cuchulainn and his foster-brother choose to fight with in Chapter XI?
(a) Spears.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Hands.
(d) Iron darts and shields.

3. Who intervenes to help Cuchulainn fight Gaile Dana and his sons?
(a) Medb.
(b) Tain.
(c) Fergus.
(d) Fiacha .

4. Who does Cuchulainn summon to help scout the advancing army?
(a) Rochad.
(b) Fingin.
(c) Cethern.
(d) Ferdia.

5. Who is the youngest boy sent off to war for Ulster in Chapter XIII?
(a) Cur.
(b) Figin.
(c) Mac Roth.
(d) Erc.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the king and queen believe to be their final solution in killing Cuchulainn?

2. What weapon does Cuchulainn take with him when he meets Medb at their "truce" meeting?

3. What kind of weapon does Cuchulainn and his foster-brother use on day two of their fight in Chapter XI?

4. What kind of weapon does Cuchulainn and his foster-brother use on their third day of fighting?

5. How many sons does Gaile Dana have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Cuchulainn's massive killings to stop as Ailill and Medb's army approach?

2. Why does Fergus fear a mere boy warrior, Erc?

3. Why does Ailill enlist the help of a spy and what does the spy report back to Ailill?

4. How does Fergus lose his sword? What does he do without it?

5. How does the army attempt to move Donn Cuailnge from Black Cauldron to Conaille?

6. Why does Ailill mock Fergus after he loses his sword? In what other way does Ailill mock Fergus and why?

7. Who saves Cuchulainn's life as he faces a man and his 27 sons?

8. When Medb and Ailill get Fergus drunk and send him to fight Cuchulainn, why doesn't Cuchulainn kill him?

9. How is it that Loch almost defeats Cuchulainn?

10. What causes King Ailill's daughter Finnabair to fall dead?

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