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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oddly enough, who did Edith befriend?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Lewis' sister.
(c) Lewis' mother.
(d) Joy Lewis.

2. The woman took the typescript, read it and then did what with it?
(a) Published it.
(b) Threw it away.
(c) Sent it back to Tolkien.
(d) Recommended it to the publishers.

3. The battle with the publishing company made Tolkien and his work what?
(a) Disliked.
(b) Uninteresting.
(c) Unsellable.
(d) Overnight sensations.

4. This company eventually apologized to Tolkien and offered to do what?
(a) Pay him royalties on volumes sold.
(b) Collect all the books they had sold.
(c) Give him their extra copies.
(d) Pay a fine.

5. People began to call when?
(a) At night.
(b) When he was in meetings.
(c) In the morning.
(d) At all hours of the day and night.

6. Ever since THE SILMARILLION was rejected in 1937 Tolkien was desperate to do what?
(a) Have it published.
(b) Forget he wrote it.
(c) Rework it.
(d) Find it.

7. Why was there a considerable problem with an American company?
(a) It reprinted the saga without permission.
(b) It refused to reprint the saga.
(c) It reprinted the saga incorrectly.
(d) It refused to pay royaltiesto Tolkien.

8. What other plan of Tolkien's also had to be put aside?
(a) The author's plan to have removable maps.
(b) The author's plan for having invisible lettering on the maps.
(c) The author's plan to have life size maps.
(d) The author's plan to create a map for each page.

9. To where did the Tolkiens move?
(a) Bournemouth.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

10. The reviews from other critics were mixed. Were they better than Tolkien had expected?
(a) Not at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Somewhat.

11. Edith was expected to have what, regarding her illness?
(a) A full recovery.
(b) A temporary recovery.
(c) A partial recovery.
(d) No recovery.

12. When C.S. Lewis died in 1963, how did Tolkien feel?
(a) Angry.
(b) Worried.
(c) Somewhat upset.
(d) Devastated.

13. When did Tolkien finish the manuscript?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1947.

14. What grave mistake did Stanley Unwin make?
(a) He sent a copy of his son's letter to Tolkien
(b) He did not tell Tolkien of his son's idea.
(c) He teased Tolkien.
(d) He ignored Tolkien.

15. Carpenter refers to Bournemouth as being the anemic English equivalent to what?
(a) Miami Beach.
(b) New York City.
(c) Paris.
(d) The French Riviera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rayner said that because Tolkien was not willing to do any editing or split the books into several volumes, Unwin should do what?

2. Why was the publication of THE HOBBIT quite a learning experience for Tolkien?

3. Bilbo Baggins is the son of who?

4. What type of comments did Tolkien make to Stanley Unwin?

5. Eventually, Tolkien told his publisher that he was "forgetting about children." Why?

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