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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dream of Macsen Wledig.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What town was Pwyll and Rhiannon's son born in?
(a) Aberystwyth
(b) Caer Aranrhod
(c) Arberth
(d) Caer Llion

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the technical term used for stories told to explain a place name?

2. What color were the strange hounds seen by Pwyll?

3. What sort of tree does Lleu Llaw Gyffes perch in when in his eagle form?

4. Which of the following phenomena did not signal the disappearance of the people and domestic animals of Dyfed?

5. What color hair does the maiden have when Macsen sees her in the dream?

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