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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not take part in the storytelling in Arthur's court?

2. What day of the week is it when the messenger brings news of the white stag?

3. Where do the pure black troop come from?

4. Which of the following is not one of the results of the terrible scream?

5. How many times is Peredur able to mend the sword after cutting through the column?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Owein and Arthur play their games of gwyddbwyll?

2. Why does the lion choose to follow Owein?

3. How is Owein healed after his madness?

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

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

6. Why does Rhonabwy set out on a journey?

7. Why and how does Luned rescue Owein?

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

9. How do Llud and Llefelys prevent the Coranieid overhearing the plans to destroy them?

10. Where does Culhwch first see Olwen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hunting seems to be an important plot element in many of the tales in The Mabinogion. Eexplain the role that hunts and hunting play in the plots of the following tales:

(a) Pwyll Prince of Dyfed

(b) Culhwch and Olwen

(c) The Dream of Macsen Wledig

Essay Topic 2

The Mabinogion often sets the plot events in places that the listeners would have been familiar with. Choose three of the real-world places below and for each, state which tale or tales that the place is mentioned in and the most significant events to take place there. Choose from:

(a) Caer Llion

(b) London

(c) Ireland

(d) Dyfed

(e) Cornwall

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the character of Cei as he appears in the earlier tales and as he appears in the later romances, and describe how the portrayal of this character has changed over time. Use quotes from the text to support your answer.

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