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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the man who was stealing the food from the king's court?
(a) He escapes, never to be seen again.
(b) Llud imprisons him.
(c) Llud kills him..
(d) He becomes one of Llud's vassals.

2. Where does Owein wound the black knight?
(a) In the chest
(b) In the head
(c) In the thigh
(d) In the stomach

3. Which bird of the following is not involved in creating the image that holds Peredur spellbound, thinking of his lady-love?
(a) A duck
(b) A hawk
(c) A swan
(d) A raven

4. How does Cynon return back to Arthur's court after the black knight takes his horse?
(a) He walks home.
(b) The Hideous Herdsman gives him a stag to ride.
(c) He steals a horse from a farm.
(d) He is given a new horse at the shining castle.

5. What causes the scream?
(a) Two dragons
(b) A huge female dragon
(c) Two gigantic pigs
(d) A demon

6. Who hits Ysbaddaden in the knee with one of the giant's poisoned spears?
(a) Culhwch
(b) Bedwyr
(c) Cei
(d) Custennin

7. Who helps Peredur take the dead knight's armour off?
(a) Gwenhwyfar
(b) Nobody
(c) Cei
(d) Owein

8. What is the most common response of both Owein and Arthur when the messengers bring them news about the battle between the men and the ravens?
(a) Play thy game
(b) Keep playing
(c) Play the game
(d) Play on

9. How many knights in total does Gereint defeat before coming to the Dun Earl's dominions?
(a) Ten
(b) Seven
(c) Twenty
(d) Twelve

10. What colour is Gereint's hair?
(a) We are not told
(b) Red/auburn
(c) Black
(d) Blond

11. Where do Llud and Llefelys meet to discuss the plagues?
(a) In a hall made of bronze
(b) On board a ship
(c) In the middle of the circle of Stonehenge
(d) On top of a mountain

12. Which of the following animals does Cynon not mention when he describes the Hideous Herdsman?
(a) Lions
(b) Snakes
(c) Deer
(d) Bears

13. What is the first strange thing that Peredur sees in the forest?
(a) Knights on horseback
(b) Angels
(c) A white stag
(d) Goats without horns

14. Which of the following well-known Arthurian characters is not invoked by Culhwch when he asks his boon from Arthur?
(a) Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere)
(b) Cei (Kay)
(c) Drwst (Tristram)
(d) Myrddin (Merlin)

15. Where does Llud bury the captured pigs?
(a) The White Mount in London
(b) Caer Llion
(c) Cornwall
(d) Dinas Emreis

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the ring from Owein?

2. What is unusual about the dwarfs who speak the praise of Peredur (apart from their lack of height)?

3. Which of the following pieces of advice does Peredur's mother not give him?

4. Why can't the Coranieid be destroyed?

5. Which of the following do the party of soldiers not see on the floor of the old hall?

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