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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. Which tale is the earliest contained in THE MABINOGION?
(a) Gereint Son of Erbin
(b) Branwen Daughter of Llyr
(c) Culhwch and Olwen
(d) Math Son of Mathonwy

2. What colour were the saddles made by Manawydan and Pryderi?
(a) Dark red
(b) Dark blue
(c) Golden-orange
(d) Greenish-blue

3. What sort of tree does Lleu Llaw Gyffes perch in when in his eagle form?
(a) An oak
(b) A beech
(c) An ash
(d) A birch

4. Which of the following phenomena did not signal the disappearance of the people and domestic animals of Dyfed?
(a) Light
(b) Thunder
(c) Mist
(d) Darkness

5. Who is the first person to try to rescue Pryderi from the caer?
(a) Cigfa
(b) Manawydan
(c) Caswallawn
(d) Rhiannon

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the French troubador who originally wrote the earliest version of three of these tales?

2. Who had Bendigeifran left as his regent while he was in Ireland?

3. Why does Efnisien grow angry during the feast?

4. Which of the tales should correctly be called "The Mabinogion"?

5. Where is the dream-castle located?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Pryderi arrange for his widowed mother to marry Manawydan?

4. What happens when the door facing Cornwall is opened?

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

6. Which manuscript used to compile The Mabinogion is the earliest?

7. Why does Teyrnon decide to take Gwri to the court of Pwyll?

8. What conditions does Manawydan demand in exchange for the freedom of the mouse?

9. Why do the serving women decide to accuse Rhiannon of murdering her son?

10. What period in history were the later tales in "The Mabinogion" written down in?

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