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

2. What was the name of the French troubador who originally wrote the earliest version of three of these tales?
(a) Gereint
(b) Chretién de Troyes
(c) Lady Charlotte Guest
(d) Marie de France

3. Who accuses Rhiannon of the murder?
(a) Pwyll's councillors
(b) Her waiting-women
(c) Teyrnon
(d) Gwawl

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Teyrnon's mare give birth to a foal?

2. Which of the following was not originally a medieval courtly romance?

3. Which sub-division of the tales are considered to be the most recently written?

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

5. Who invented the word "Mabinogion"?

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