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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the cantref ruled over by Lleu Llaw Gyffes before his betrayal by Blodeuedd and Gronwr?
(a) Dinoding
(b) Caer Aranrhod
(c) Dyfed
(d) Caer Dathyl

2. Who decides on Blodeuedd's punishment?
(a) Lleu Llaw Gyffes
(b) Gronwr
(c) Math
(d) Gwydion

3. What is the most likely meaning of "Mabinogion"?
(a) Tales of a Knight
(b) Heroic Tales
(c) Tales of a Youth
(d) Tales of Battle

4. Which of the following parts of shoemaking do Manawydan and Pryderi not do for themselves?
(a) Dressing and tanning the leather
(b) Stitching the shoes together
(c) Cutting out the leather
(d) Skinning beasts to get the hides

5. What color is the horse ridden by Rhiannon when she first appears to Pwyll?
(a) White
(b) Red
(c) Dapple-Grey
(d) Black

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Math that Goewin is no longer a virgin?

2. What color were the strange hounds seen by Pwyll?

3. How many messengers set out on the journey indicated by Macsen's dream?

4. Who accuses Rhiannon of the murder?

5. Where did Bendigeifran tell the survivors to bury his head?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were these tales originally presented to an audience?

2. What does Pwyll do that insults or offends Arawn?

3. How do Bendigeidfran and his brothers know that the Irish ships are coming in peace?

4. What does Macsen see in his dream beside the river?

5. Why does Aranrhod treat Lleu Llaw Gyffes so spitefully?

6. Why does Efnisien mutilate the Irish horses?

7. What three tokens of manhood does Aranrhod refuse to give Lleu Llaw Gyffes?

8. How does Lleu Llaw Gyffes get his name?

9. What do the Irish hide within the hall built for Bendigeidfran and why?

10. Where does Macsen Wledig fall asleep?

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