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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who killed the white stag?
(a) Owein
(b) Gwalchmei
(c) Arthur
(d) Gereint
2. Which of the following well-known Arthurian characters is not invoked by Culhwch when he asks his boon from Arthur?
(a) Drwst (Tristram)
(b) Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere)
(c) Cei (Kay)
(d) Myrddin (Merlin)
3. What causes the scream?
(a) A huge female dragon
(b) Two gigantic pigs
(c) A demon
(d) Two dragons
4. Who of the following is not one of the knights first met by Peredur?
(a) Gweir
(b) Gwalchmei
(c) Cei
(d) Owein
5. How does Cynon return back to Arthur's court after the black knight takes his horse?
(a) He walks home.
(b) He is given a new horse at the shining castle.
(c) The Hideous Herdsman gives him a stag to ride.
(d) He steals a horse from a farm.
6. What is unusual about the knight seen by Gwenhwyfar and Gereint?
(a) He is very large.
(b) He is covered in mud and blood.
(c) He is green all over.
(d) He is a dwarf.
7. Where does Llud bury the captured pigs?
(a) The White Mount in London
(b) Cornwall
(c) Dinas Emreis
(d) Caer Llion
8. What colour is Gereint's hair?
(a) Red/auburn
(b) Black
(c) We are not told
(d) Blond
9. How many maidens does Cynon see in the castle?
(a) Two
(b) Ten
(c) Twenty-four
(d) Thirty-two
10. How do the Countess's chamberlains plan to execute Luned?
(a) Burning
(b) Drowning
(c) Decapitation
(d) Hanging
11. Which of the following animals is not consulted by Cei and Bedwyr?
(a) A salmon
(b) A stag
(c) A badger
(d) An eagle
12. What prevents Llud and Llefelys talking to each other?
(a) The Coranieid
(b) A demon
(c) A storm
(d) They were drunk
13. Where do the pure black troop come from?
(a) Ireland
(b) France
(c) Sweden
(d) Denmark
14. What does the lion bring to Owein to prove its loyalty to him?
(a) A precious stone
(b) A horse and armour
(c) A roebuck and firewood
(d) A new sword
15. How many bards sing the praises of Arthur?
(a) One hundred
(b) Nine
(c) Twenty-four
(d) We are not told
Short Answer Questions
1. What is on the helmet of the messenger who tells Arthur that Owein's ravens have killed the young men?
2. What relation is the Lame King to Peredur?
3. Where does Owein end up living with his wife?
4. What did Cynon see the two blond curly-haired youths doing in the castle?
5. What guards the path to the houses in the wild craggy valley visited by Peredur after his pledge to Angharad Golden-Hand?
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