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Question 1: [19] Cairn T on Slieve na Calliagh is a classic passage tomb, in which the rays of the ________ sunrise shine down the passageway and illuminate an inner chamber filled with megalithic stonecarvings.
SolsticeCalendarYearEquinox

Question 2: [16][17] The overflowing well is a common motif in local Gaelic creation tales - as seen in the ________ Boann's similar creation of the River Boyne in Ireland.
PolytheismFeminist theologyGoddessDeity

Question 3: The word simply means 'old woman' in modern Scottish Gaelic,[2] and has been applied to numerous mythological figures in ________, Scotland, and the Isle of Man.
Northern IrelandIrish peopleIrelandWales

Question 4: In ________, where she is also known as Beira, Queen of Winter, she is credited with making numerous mountains and large hills, which are said to have been formed when she was striding across the land and accidentally dropped rocks from her apron.
EnglandWalesScotlandUnited Kingdom

Question 5: The Cailleach evinces many traits fitting for the personified Winter: she herds ________, she fights Spring, and her staff freezes the ground.
Wild boarDeerEven-toed ungulateCattle

Question 6: Atop Ben Cruachan she fell asleep on her watch and a well she was tending overflowed, running down from the highlands and flooding the valleys below, forming first a ________ and then the loch.
StreamEstuaryRiverDrainage basin

Question 7: The Cailleach is prominent in the landscape of Argyll and Bute, ________.
WalesUnited KingdomEnglandScotland
















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