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

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

3. What colors are worn by the horse and rider who first meets Rhonabwy?
(a) Yellow and red
(b) Yellow and blue
(c) Yellow and green
(d) Yellow and black

4. Which of the following does not take part in the storytelling in Arthur's court?
(a) Gwenhwyfar
(b) Owein
(c) Cei
(d) Glewlwyd Mighty-Grasp

5. What is unusual about the knight seen by Gwenhwyfar and Gereint?
(a) He is green all over.
(b) He is covered in mud and blood.
(c) He is a dwarf.
(d) He is very large.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following tasks does Enid not perform when Gereint spends the night in her father's house?

3. 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?

4. What did Llud use to destroy the Coranieid?

5. Which of the following does Peredur not encounter in the quest of the Black Worm of the Barrow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the author of "The Dream of Rhonabwy" say that nobody can remember the tale without a book?

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

4. Where does Culhwch first see Olwen?

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

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

7. Why does Llefelys travel to France?

8. How do Llud and Llefelys prevent the Coranieid overhearing the plans to destroy them?

9. How does Enid travel to Arthur's court?

10. How does Llud deal with the plague of the scream?

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