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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing that happens when someone pours water on the marble slab?
(a) A storm of hail
(b) An earthquake
(c) A peal of thunder
(d) Many birds singing

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

3. Where does Owein end up living with his wife?
(a) The castle of the Black Oppressor
(b) Arthur's court
(c) The city by the fountain
(d) The shining castle

4. What is unusual about the dwarfs who speak the praise of Peredur (apart from their lack of height)?
(a) They have been unable to speak until that point.
(b) They are both blind.
(c) They are identical twins.
(d) They both have one brown eye and one blue eye.

5. Who of the following is not one of the knights first met by Peredur?
(a) Gweir
(b) Owein
(c) Cei
(d) Gwalchmei

6. Which of the following is not one of the plagues?
(a) Fire-breathing dragons carrying off maidens
(b) A terrible scream every May Eve
(c) The invasion of the Coranieid folk
(d) The food in the king's court vanishing

7. How does Lludd keep himself awake while he keeps watch over the hall at night?
(a) He recited poetry
(b) He dips himself in cold water
(c) He slaps himself on the face
(d) He drinks stimulating drinks

8. What is the ultimate fate of the Black Oppressor?
(a) Owein kills him.
(b) He becomes the next defender of the fountain.
(c) He turns his house into a hospice.
(d) He becomes one of Arthur's knights.

9. What relation is Culhwch to Arthur?
(a) His great-nephew
(b) His second cousin
(c) His first cousin
(d) His nephew

10. What is the name of Arthur's bishop?
(a) Edwin
(b) Bedwin
(c) Elgwn
(d) Bedevere

11. What relation is the Lame King to Peredur?
(a) His grandfather
(b) His cousin
(c) His father
(d) His uncle

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

13. Who is the rightful king of Powys?
(a) Cadwgawn
(b) Rhonabwy
(c) Iorwoerth
(d) Madawg

14. What does the lion bring to Owein to prove its loyalty to him?
(a) A new sword
(b) A horse and armour
(c) A precious stone
(d) A roebuck and firewood

15. Which of the following does Arthur not mention as one of the things that he cannot grant as a boon to Culhwch?
(a) His spear
(b) His horse
(c) His sword
(d) His wife

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the comb from between the ears of Twrch Trwyth?

2. What colors are worn by the horse and rider who first meets Rhonabwy?

3. What happens to the man who was stealing the food from the king's court?

4. What is unusual about the knight seen by Gwenhwyfar and Gereint?

5. What prevents Llud and Llefelys talking to each other?

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