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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Manawydan son of Llyr.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the horse ridden by Rhiannon when she first appears to Pwyll?
(a) Red
(b) Black
(c) White
(d) Dapple-Grey

2. Which of the following people does not come to ask Manawydan to release the mouse?
(a) A monk
(b) A clerk
(c) A bishop
(d) A priest

3. Which well-known legendary hero appears in several tales within The Mabinogion?
(a) Julius Caesar
(b) Alexander the Great
(c) King Arthur
(d) Robin Hood

4. How many Welsh people survive the battle?
(a) Seven
(b) Twenty
(c) Eight
(d) Nine

5. How many original manuscripts did the original tales come from?
(a) Three
(b) Eleven
(c) Four
(d) Two

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Bendigeifran wounded?

2. Who invented the word "Mabinogion"?

3. Which of the following places do the survivors not spend time?

4. What was the name of the French troubador who originally wrote the earliest version of three of these tales?

5. Which tale is the earliest contained in THE MABINOGION?

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