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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mystery child left in the stable wearing?
(a) Red and white silk
(b) Nothing
(c) Brocaded silk
(d) Swaddling clothes

2. What animal does Pwyll say that he has trapped in the bag?
(a) A badger
(b) A fox
(c) A snake
(d) A weasel

3. Which of the following places do the survivors not spend time?
(a) Cornwall
(b) Talebolion
(c) Gwales
(d) Harddlech

4. How much does the priest offer for the release of the mouse?
(a) Five pounds
(b) Three pounds
(c) One pound
(d) Thirty pounds

5. When does Teyrnon's mare give birth to a foal?
(a) Midsummer
(b) May Eve
(c) May Day
(d) Halloween

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

7. Which of the following does Gwydion not use at some stage during the tale to create his illusions?
(a) Seaweed
(b) Toadstools
(c) Mistletoe
(d) Flowers

8. Why does Efnisien grow angry during the feast?
(a) Because Gwern would not show him affection
(b) Because the Irish warriors were hidden in the flourbags
(c) Because Matholwch insulted him
(d) Because Branwen had been so badly mistreated

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

10. What animal is killed in order to frame Rhiannon for the murder of her son?
(a) A horse
(b) A badger
(c) A stag
(d) A dog

11. Which town in Lloegyr do Cigfa and Manawydan live in when Manawydan becomes a shoemaker for the second time?
(a) We are not told
(b) Hereford
(c) Oxford
(d) London

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

13. Which of the following is not one of the sons of Llyr?
(a) Bendigeidfran
(b) Efnisien
(c) Manawydan
(d) Euroswydd

14. In total, how many years do the survivors spend in feasting before they bury the head?
(a) Eighty
(b) Eighty-seven
(c) Forty-seven
(d) Seven

15. How many tales appear in THE MABINOGION?
(a) Four
(b) Twenty
(c) Eleven
(d) Ten

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following cantrefs does Pryderi not rule over?

3. What language was The Mabinogion originally written in?

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

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

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