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

2. What is the mystery child left in the stable wearing?
(a) Nothing
(b) Swaddling clothes
(c) Brocaded silk
(d) Red and white silk

3. How many pigs does Gwydion get in exchange from Pryderi for the magical horses and greyhounds
(a) Seven
(b) Twenty-one
(c) We are not told
(d) Twenty-four

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the river in Ireland that Bendigeidfran helps his troops to cross?

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

3. What is the bridge onto the ship in Macsen's dream made out of?

4. Where is Bendigeifran wounded?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the Irish hide within the hall built for Bendigeidfran and why?

5. Where did the Three Romances originate from before being written for the Mabinogion?

6. Why does Aranrhod treat Lleu Llaw Gyffes so spitefully?

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

8. Why do the four have to leave the towns in Lloegyr they try to settle in?

9. Why does Efnisien mutilate the Irish horses?

10. How were these tales originally presented to an audience?

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