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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning given for the place-name Llydaw and explained by the onomastic tale?
(a) Half silent
(b) Half Welsh
(c) Half wits
(d) Half breeds

2. What town was Pwyll and Rhiannon's son born in?
(a) Arberth
(b) Aberystwyth
(c) Caer Llion
(d) Caer Aranrhod

3. How long was Llasar Llaes Gyfnewid's wife pregnant for?
(a) A fortnight
(b) A month
(c) Six months
(d) Six weeks

4. How long does Pwyll spend in the Otherworld?
(a) A year
(b) A season
(c) A week
(d) A month

5. Where did Bendigeifran tell the survivors to bury his head?
(a) Harddlech
(b) Cornwall
(c) London
(d) France

6. Who accuses Rhiannon of the murder?
(a) Gwawl
(b) Her waiting-women
(c) Pwyll's councillors
(d) Teyrnon

7. Which of the following animals are Gilfaethwy and Gwydion not transformed into?
(a) Deer
(b) Pigs
(c) Wolves
(d) Greyhounds

8. What animal does Pwyll say that he has trapped in the bag?
(a) A badger
(b) A fox
(c) A snake
(d) A weasel

9. How much does the priest offer for the release of the mouse?
(a) Five pounds
(b) One pound
(c) Three pounds
(d) Thirty pounds

10. How many warriors were hidden in great house built for Bendigeidfran?
(a) Three hundred
(b) One thousand
(c) Fifty
(d) One hundred

11. Who is the first person to try to rescue Pryderi from the caer?
(a) Rhiannon
(b) Manawydan
(c) Cigfa
(d) Caswallawn

12. Which of the tales should correctly be called "The Mabinogion"?
(a) The last three
(b) All of them
(c) Only "The Dream of Rhonabwy"
(d) The first four

13. Which of the following is not one of the strongholds built by Elen?
(a) Arfon
(b) Caer Llion
(c) Dinas Emrys
(d) Caer Fyrddin

14. Which of the following parts of shoemaking do Manawydan and Pryderi not do for themselves?
(a) Stitching the shoes together
(b) Cutting out the leather
(c) Dressing and tanning the leather
(d) Skinning beasts to get the hides

15. How long does Macsen Wledig spend in Britain with Elen?
(a) A year and a day
(b) Seven years
(c) One year
(d) Ten years

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had Bendigeifran left as his regent while he was in Ireland?

2. Which of the brothers settles permanently in Llydaw?

3. What is the name of the king that Pwyll must face in single combat in the Otherworld?

4. Which of the following crafts do Manawydan and Pryderi not earn a living at?

5. What is the name of Pryderi's wife?

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