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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following pieces of advice does Peredur's mother not give him?
(a) If you stay overnight at a castle, you may stay three nights and no more.
(b) If nobody gives you food when you need it, you can help yourself.
(c) If you hear a woman scream, go and help.
(d) If you see a church, go inside and pray.

2. 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 on
(b) Play thy game
(c) Keep playing
(d) Play the game

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

4. Why can't the Coranieid be destroyed?
(a) Iron weapons have no effect on them
(b) If one is killed, it comes back to life
(c) They are invisible
(d) They can overhear every plan to destroy them

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

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

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

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

9. Which of the following animals is not consulted by Cei and Bedwyr?
(a) An eagle
(b) A salmon
(c) A stag
(d) A badger

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

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

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

13. What prevents Llud and Llefelys talking to each other?
(a) They were drunk
(b) A storm
(c) The Coranieid
(d) A demon

14. What guards the path to the houses in the wild craggy valley visited by Peredur after his pledge to Angharad Golden-Hand?
(a) A serpent
(b) An armed knight
(c) A lion
(d) Giants

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the original writer not give as one of the things that makes this tale nearly impossible to learn by heart?

2. How many times is Peredur able to mend the sword after cutting through the column?

3. What time of year is it when Enid laments that her husband is falling into a decline?

4. How many times has the knight Gereint followed won the sparrowhawk?

5. What is on the banner topping the white pavilion that the first messenger to Arthur and Owein?

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