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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 of the following is not one of the results of the terrible scream?
(a) Young men and women faint
(b) Snow falls in the middle of summer
(c) Women have miscarriages
(d) Animals and trees become barren

2. What colour is Gereint's hair?
(a) Black
(b) Red/auburn
(c) We are not told
(d) Blond

3. Where do Llud and Llefelys meet to discuss the plagues?
(a) In the middle of the circle of Stonehenge
(b) In a hall made of bronze
(c) On board a ship
(d) On top of a mountain

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Llud use to destroy the Coranieid?

2. What does Gereint do to challenge the knight in the mist to fight?

3. How many maidens does Cynon see in the castle?

4. What relation is the Lame King to Peredur?

5. How many times is Peredur able to mend the sword after cutting through the column?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Culhwch first see Olwen?

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

3. Why does Gereint decide to marry Enid?

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

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

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

7. Why does Llefelys travel to France?

8. Where do Owein and Arthur play their games of gwyddbwyll?

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

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

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