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

2. Where do Arthur's warband first find Twrch Trwyth?
(a) Scotland
(b) Cornwall
(c) France
(d) Ireland

3. Who is the first person of Arthur's court to find Gereint wounded under a tree?
(a) The steward's servant
(b) Cei
(c) Gwalchmei
(d) Gwenhwyfar

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What relation is the Lame King to Peredur?

3. What is unusual about the dwarfs who speak the praise of Peredur (apart from their lack of height)?

4. What does the lion bring to Owein to prove its loyalty to him?

5. Which of the following is not used to make the goblets given to the Empress in the pavilion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Arthur's men stop him from attacking the Black Witch?

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

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

4. What does the empress give to Peredur that helps him kill the Addanc?

5. What are the three plagues that strike Llud's kingdom?

6. Why does Llefelys travel to France?

7. Why does Rhonabwy set out on a journey?

8. Who teaches Peredur in the ways of knighthood?

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

10. How do Cei and Gwrhyr find Mabon Son of Modron?

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