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1. Which country do these tales originate in?
(a) England
(b) Ireland
(c) Scotland
(d) Wales

2. Who translated THE MABINOGION?
(a) Chretién de Troyes
(b) We do not know
(c) Gwyn and Thomas Jones
(d) Lady Charlotte Guest

3. Which tale is the earliest contained in THE MABINOGION?
(a) Branwen Daughter of Llyr
(b) Culhwch and Olwen
(c) Math Son of Mathonwy
(d) Gereint Son of Erbin

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

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

6. Which of the following was not originally a medieval courtly romance?
(a) Branwen Daughter of Llyr
(b) Gereint Son of Erbin
(c) Peredur son of Efrawg
(d) The Lady of the Fountain

7. When were the tales written down?
(a) 1200 to 1500
(b) 1300 to 1400
(c) 1400 to 1450
(d) 1300 to 1450

8. Which of the tales should correctly be called "The Mabinogion"?
(a) The last three
(b) The first four
(c) Only "The Dream of Rhonabwy"
(d) All of them

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