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

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

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

4. How do the Countess's chamberlains plan to execute Luned?
(a) Decapitation
(b) Burning
(c) Hanging
(d) Drowning

5. Which of the following do the party of soldiers not see on the floor of the old hall?
(a) Cow dung
(b) Holly
(c) Holes
(d) Broken pots

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hits Ysbaddaden in the knee with one of the giant's poisoned spears?

2. Who is the rightful king of Powys?

3. What relation is the Lame King to Peredur?

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

5. How long does Rhonabwy dream for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cynon first approach the Hideous Herdsman?

2. Where does Culhwch first see Olwen?

3. What do the Arthurian figures Rhonabwy meets in his dream say about Rhonabwy's looks?

4. How is Owein healed after his madness?

5. Why does Gereint decide to follow the knight and the dwarf?

6. Why does Gereint decide to marry Enid?

7. Why does the lion choose to follow Owein?

8. Why and how does Luned rescue Owein?

9. Why does Rhonabwy set out on a journey?

10. Why does Peredur's mother raise him in seclusion?

(see the answer keys)

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