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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

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. Which of the following is not given as a name for London?

3. What prevents Llud and Llefelys talking to each other?

4. Who is the first person of Arthur's court to find Gereint wounded under a tree?

5. Which of the following do the party of soldiers not see on the floor of the old hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Llefelys travel to France?

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

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

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

5. Who teaches Peredur in the ways of knighthood?

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

7. Why does Glewlwyd Mighty-Grasp recommend that Culhwch should be admitted to Arthur's court?

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

9. Why does Rhonabwy set out on a journey?

10. Why does Gereint decide to marry Enid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the earlier oral tales differ from the later romances? Your answer could consider features such as narrative style, setting and plot, as well as other features. Use at least two romances and two oral tales as examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Several of the tales in The Mabinogion seem to have the transition from boyhood to manhood as their theme. Choose two of the tales below and for each, describe the attributes that the main character must gain in order to prove that he is a man, and how he obtains these. Choose from:

(a) "Culhwch and Olwen"

(b) "Math son of Mathonwy"

(c) "Peredur son of Efrawg"

Essay Topic 3

Examine the character of the magician Gwydion in "Math son of Mathonwy" and describe him in detail. State whether this character is more a negative character or a positive character, or neutral, using quotes from the text to support your answer.

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