A) the theft of the divine bull B) the war of Queen Medb C) the cattle raid of Connacht D) the driving-off of the cows of Cooley
A) The Myth of Donn Cuailnge B) The Irish Iliad C) The Cattle Raid of Cooley D) The Ulster Cycle
A) Prosimetrum B) Dramatic verse C) Epic poetry D) Pure prose
A) Fergus mac Róich and Dáire B) Queen Medb and King Ailill C) Conchobar mac Nessa and Macha D) Cú Chulainn and Láeg
A) To defeat the youth corps of Ulster B) To steal the stud bull Donn Cuailnge C) To capture Queen Medb's daughter D) To conquer the city of Cruachan
A) Ferdiad B) Cú Chulainn C) Conchobar mac Nessa D) Fergus mac Róich
A) 1st century B) 12th century C) 5th century D) 9th century
A) The Irish Iliad B) The Gáe Bolga Saga C) The Remscéla D) Táin Bó Cúailnge
A) Two B) Four C) Three D) Five
A) Modern English B) Old Irish C) Middle Irish D) Early Modern Irish
A) Ríastrad B) Prosimetrum C) Recensions D) Remscéla
A) Eight B) Twelve C) Five D) Three
A) Cooley B) Cruachan C) Tara D) Ulster
A) Finnbhennach B) Donn Cuailnge C) Macha D) Láeg
A) He lost a fight to Donn Cuailnge B) He was cursed by the goddess Macha C) He was stolen by Ailill in the night D) He scorned being owned by a woman
A) Fergus mac Róich B) Dáire mac Fiachna C) Ailill D) Conchobar mac Nessa
A) 3000 B) 1000 C) 500 D) 10000
A) Ríastrad B) Ces noínden C) Remscéla D) Prosimetrum
A) The goddess Macha B) Queen Medb C) Lug D) The Morrígan
A) She was forced to race against a chariot while heavily pregnant B) She was spurned in love by Cú Chulainn C) She was defeated in single combat at a ford D) Her favorite bull was stolen by Conchobar
A) Seventeen B) Fifteen C) Twelve D) Twenty-one
A) He is fighting Ferdiad at the ford B) He is afflicted by the ces noínden illness C) He is put to sleep by his father Lug D) He is off on a tryst when he should be watching the border
A) Láeg B) Ailill C) Fergus D) Dáire
A) By surrendering to Fergus mac Róich B) By invoking the right of single combat at fords C) By launching a full-scale surprise attack with the youth corps D) By unleashing the bull Donn Cuailnge
A) The Morrígan B) Macha C) Finnabair D) Lug
A) The Gáe Bolga spear B) Three drinks of milk C) Her love D) Immunity from the ces noínden
A) A raven, a bear, and a crow B) A salmon, a stag, and a mare C) A hawk, a hound, and a bull D) An eel, a wolf, and a heifer
A) A wounded wolf in the ford B) An old woman milking a cow C) A goddess of war shining in armor D) A young maiden offering three drinks of wine
A) By the application of the Gáe Bolga B) Through the healing arts of Lug C) By bathing in the sacred ford D) Through his blessings as he drinks milk
A) Ailill B) Lug C) Fergus D) Conchobar
A) Nine days B) One month C) Seven days D) Three days
A) The men of Connacht B) The youth corps of Ulster C) The 3000 exiles under Fergus D) The women of Cooley
A) Prosimetrum B) Remscéla C) Ces noínden D) Ríastrad
A) His body twists in its skin and he becomes an unrecognisable monster B) He loses the ability to speak any language except Old Irish C) He falls into a deep sleep lasting nine days D) He shrinks in size until he resembles an eel
A) Tenfold B) Threefold C) Twopet D) Sixfold
A) Ailill B) Fergus mac Róich C) Conchobar mac Nessa D) Dáire mac Fiachna
A) That Fergus surrenders the bull Donn Cuailnge B) That Fergus kills Queen Medb C) That Fergus yields the next time they meet D) That Fergus joins the youth corps of Ulster
A) Ailill B) Fergus mac Róich C) Conchobar mac Nessa D) Ferdiad
A) Macha B) The Morrígan C) Ces noínden D) Finnabair
A) They are foster-brothers B) They are rival kings C) They are brothers-in-law D) They are father and son
A) Donn Cuailnge B) The sword of Fergus C) Finnbhennach D) The Gáe Bolga
A) He sits down to drink milk with the Morrígan B) He undergoes another ríastrad and attacks Connacht C) He immediately engages King Ailill in single combat D) He is carried away by the healers of his clan because he is too wounded to continue
A) Queen Medb B) Fergus mac Róich C) King Conchobar mac Nessa D) Cú Chulainn
A) Cormac Cond Longas B) Cú Chulainn C) Ferdiad D) Láeg
A) Cuts the tops off three hills with his sword B) Slaughters the youth corps of Ulster C) Kills King Ailill and Queen Medb D) Steals the bull Finnbhennach
A) By threatening him with mock-poets B) By killing him with the Gáe Bolga C) By transforming into a monster through ríastrad D) By confronting him and making him fulfill his promise to yield
A) Her period B) Wounds from the Gáe Bolga C) The ces noínden illness D) Exhaustion from battle
A) He kills her with his legendary spear B) He challenges her to single combat C) He spares her life and guards her retreat D) He takes her prisoner to Ulster
A) He fights Finnbhennach, kills him, and dies of exhaustion B) He refuses to eat and returns to Cooley voluntarily C) He is stolen back by Cú Chulainn on the first night D) He is captured by King Ailill as a replacement
A) Oral storytelling B) Roman historical records C) Written drama D) Norse mythology
A) During the Bronze Age B) In the 19th century C) During the Roman Republic D) During the Middle Ages
A) Romanas Bulatovas B) Luccreth moccu Chiara C) Calum Maclean D) Angus Beag MacLellan
A) Etymologiae B) Cuilmen C) Sen-eolas D) Colophon
A) Ro-mbáe laithi rordu rind B) Conailla Medb michuru C) Verba Scáthaige D) Lebor na hUidre
A) Ninníne B) Calum Maclean C) Isidore of Seville D) Romanas Bulatovas
A) Fergus mac Róich B) Luccreth moccu Chiara C) Cormac mac Faeláin D) Angus Beag MacLellan
A) 1959 B) 1963 C) 1975 D) 1939
A) 6th-century B) Late 11th-/early 12th-century C) 14th-century D) 8th-century
A) Clonard B) Clonmacnoise C) Bangor Abbey D) St. Gall
A) 10th-century B) 8th-century C) 12th-century D) 14th-century
A) English B) Old Irish C) Latin D) Scottish Gaelic
A) A historical chronicle B) Divine scripture C) A fable D) Absolute truth
A) Ninth-century B) Eighth-century C) Fourteenth-century D) Twelfth-century
A) Bryan O'Looney B) Ernst Windisch C) L. Winifred Faraday D) John O'Daly
A) John O'Daly's translation B) L. Winifred Faraday's translation C) Bryan O'Looney's translation D) Ernst Windisch's translation
A) Matthieu Boyd B) Thomas Kinsella C) Cecile O'Rahilly D) Ernst Windisch
A) 1969 B) 1898 C) 1911 D) 1903
A) Samuel Ferguson B) W. B. Yeats C) S. O'Grady D) Alice Milligan
A) Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh B) Ciarán Carson C) Darach Ó Scolaí D) Peadar Ua Laoghaire
A) Bryan O'Looney B) L. Winifred Faraday C) John O'Daly D) Joseph Dunn
A) Thomas Kinsella B) Cecile O'Rahilly C) Ciarán Carson D) Matthieu Boyd
A) Eleanor Hull B) Paul Gosling C) H.G. Tempest D) Louis le Brocquy
A) Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh B) Darach Ó Scolaí C) Peadar Ua Laoghaire D) Standish Hayes O'Grady
A) Cecile O'Rahilly B) Ciarán Carson C) Thomas Kinsella D) Matthieu Boyd
A) Ernst Windisch B) Paul Gosling C) Louis le Brocquy D) Bryan O'Looney
A) Lady Gregory B) Joseph Dunn C) Tymoczko D) Strachan
A) Faraday's 1904 translation B) Carson's 2007 translation C) Dunn's 1914 translation D) Kinsella's 1969 translation
A) John O'Daly's 1857 translation B) Matthieu Boyd's 2025 translation C) Ernst Windisch's German translation D) Darach Ó Scolaí's Modern Irish version
A) Doireann Ní Ghríofa B) Ruairí Ó hUiginn C) Colmán Ó Raghallaigh D) Biddy Jenkinson
A) Flidais B) Medb C) Caer Ibormeith D) Macha
A) Tochmarc Ferbe B) Echtrae Nerai C) Compert Con Culainn D) Ces Ulad
A) The Chieftains B) Horslips C) Clannad D) The Decemberists
A) The Decemberists B) The Cranberries C) Horslips D) U2
A) Ruairí Ó hUiginn B) Biddy Jenkinson C) Doireann Ní Ghríofa D) Colmán Ó Raghallaigh
A) Colmán Ó Raghallaigh B) Ruairí Ó hUiginn C) Biddy Jenkinson D) Doireann Ní Ghríofa |