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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. What color were the strange hounds seen by Pwyll?
(a) Red, black and white
(b) Red with white ears
(c) White with black ears
(d) White with red ears

2. What is the technical term used for stories told to explain a place name?
(a) Onomastic
(b) Picaresque
(c) Pleonastic
(d) Romantic

3. What sort of tree does Lleu Llaw Gyffes perch in when in his eagle form?
(a) An oak
(b) A beech
(c) An ash
(d) A birch

4. What is the name of the river in Ireland that Bendigeidfran helps his troops to cross?
(a) Archan
(b) Edeirnon
(c) Llinon
(d) Lli

5. What is the most likely meaning of "Mabinogion"?
(a) Tales of Battle
(b) Tales of a Knight
(c) Tales of a Youth
(d) Heroic Tales

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the survivors?

2. Where does Manawydan keep the mouse he catches?

3. When were the tales written down?

4. Who opens the door that faces Cornwall?

5. Which well-known legendary hero appears in several tales within The Mabinogion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gwydion suggest obtaining pigs from Pryderi?

2. What period in history were the later tales in "The Mabinogion" written down in?

3. Why, according to the tale, do the warriors of Cynan decide to cut out the tongues of the women?

4. Was the name "The Mabinogion" originally given to this collection of tales?

5. Why do the serving women decide to accuse Rhiannon of murdering her son?

6. What happens when the door facing Cornwall is opened?

7. Why does Llwyd use his magic to bring harm to Pryderi and his family?

8. What does Elen insist on after the messengers salute her as Empress of Rome?

9. What action of Pwyll's during his year in the Otherworld impresses Arawn as an example of virtue?

10. What does Pwyll do that insults or offends Arawn?

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