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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 colour is Gereint's hair?
(a) We are not told
(b) Blond
(c) Black
(d) Red/auburn

2. Where does Owein wound the black knight?
(a) In the head
(b) In the thigh
(c) In the chest
(d) In the stomach

3. What happens to the man who was stealing the food from the king's court?
(a) Llud kills him..
(b) He becomes one of Llud's vassals.
(c) He escapes, never to be seen again.
(d) Llud imprisons him.

4. Which of the following do the party of soldiers not see on the floor of the old hall?
(a) Cow dung
(b) Broken pots
(c) Holes
(d) Holly

5. Which of the following is one of Cei's supernatural abilities?
(a) The ability of understanding the speech of birds and animals
(b) The ability to make himself invisible
(c) The ability to see in total darkness when even a cat cannot see
(d) The ability to grow as tall as a tree at will

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Arthur's warband first find Twrch Trwyth?

2. Where do Llud and Llefelys meet to discuss the plagues?

3. Who takes the ring from Owein?

4. What color is the hair of the Ragged Maiden who offers herself as Peredur's paramour?

5. What is on the banner topping the white pavilion that the first messenger to Arthur and Owein?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author of "The Dream of Rhonabwy" say that nobody can remember the tale without a book?

2. Why does the lion choose to follow Owein?

3. Why does Rhonabwy set out on a journey?

4. Why does Gereint decide to follow the knight and the dwarf?

5. How does Llud deal with the plague of the scream?

6. Why does Peredur's mother raise him in seclusion?

7. Why does Cynon first approach the Hideous Herdsman?

8. What convinces Gereint that Enid is loyal to him?

9. How do Cei and Gwrhyr find Mabon Son of Modron?

10. What do the Arthurian figures Rhonabwy meets in his dream say about Rhonabwy's looks?

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