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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the knight seen by Gwenhwyfar and Gereint?
(a) He is covered in mud and blood.
(b) He is green all over.
(c) He is very large.
(d) He is a dwarf.

2. What is unusual about the dwarfs who speak the praise of Peredur (apart from their lack of height)?
(a) They are identical twins.
(b) They both have one brown eye and one blue eye.
(c) They have been unable to speak until that point.
(d) They are both blind.

3. Which of the following well-known Arthurian characters is not invoked by Culhwch when he asks his boon from Arthur?
(a) Myrddin (Merlin)
(b) Drwst (Tristram)
(c) Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere)
(d) Cei (Kay)

4. How does Cynon return back to Arthur's court after the black knight takes his horse?
(a) He is given a new horse at the shining castle.
(b) He walks home.
(c) The Hideous Herdsman gives him a stag to ride.
(d) He steals a horse from a farm.

5. Which of the following is not promised to Culhwch by the porter if he stays in the guest house?
(a) Food for his dogs and horse
(b) A hot bath
(c) Wine
(d) Hot peppered chops

6. Who takes the razor from between the ears of Twrch Trwyth?
(a) Cei
(b) Culhwch
(c) Mabon
(d) Arthur

7. What colors are worn by the horse and rider who first meets Rhonabwy?
(a) Yellow and green
(b) Yellow and blue
(c) Yellow and red
(d) Yellow and black

8. Where do Arthur's warband first find Twrch Trwyth?
(a) Cornwall
(b) Scotland
(c) France
(d) Ireland

9. What is the most common response of both Owein and Arthur when the messengers bring them news about the battle between the men and the ravens?
(a) Play on
(b) Play thy game
(c) Play the game
(d) Keep playing

10. How many times has the knight Gereint followed won the sparrowhawk?
(a) Three times
(b) Twice
(c) Once
(d) Seven times

11. Where does Llefelys go to get a wife?
(a) Spain
(b) Wales
(c) France
(d) Ireland

12. How many maidens does Cynon see in the castle?
(a) Two
(b) Twenty-four
(c) Thirty-two
(d) Ten

13. Who is the first person of Arthur's court to find Gereint wounded under a tree?
(a) The steward's servant
(b) Gwenhwyfar
(c) Gwalchmei
(d) Cei

14. Who helps Peredur take the dead knight's armour off?
(a) Owein
(b) Cei
(c) Nobody
(d) Gwenhwyfar

15. What relation is the Lame King to Peredur?
(a) His father
(b) His uncle
(c) His cousin
(d) His grandfather

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Gereint not find in the orchards in the mists?

2. What is the first strange thing that Peredur sees in the forest?

3. How do the Countess's chamberlains plan to execute Luned?

4. What is the name of the woman who Culhwch was destined to take as wife?

5. Where does Owein wound the black knight?

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