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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Pryderi's wife?
(a) Cigfa
(b) Gwyn
(c) Casnar
(d) Tywi

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

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

4. What is the name of Rhiannon's father?
(a) Hefeydd the Old
(b) Hereward the Wake
(c) Gwawl son of Clud
(d) Arawn King of Arawn

5. Which original manuscript used to compile The Mabinogion is the oldest?
(a) The Romances of Chretién de Troyes
(b) The Red Book of Hergest
(c) The Book of the Dun Cow
(d) The White Book of Rhydderch

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the king that Pwyll must face in single combat in the Otherworld?

2. How old was Gwri when he learned to walk?

3. What animal is killed in order to frame Rhiannon for the murder of her son?

4. Who invented the word "Mabinogion"?

5. How many times in total does Pwyll see Rhiannon riding past the mound?

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