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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. Additionally, Tolkien wanted to create an English mythology like that of the Norse or Finnish cultures using the same intense feeling he put into what?
(a) His early plays.
(b) His early poetry.
(c) His early songs.
(d) His early operas.

2. Many people question how Tolkien could create a mythology without a clear presence of ________ considering his devout Catholic faith.
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) God.
(d) Peace.

3. In 1929 Edith gave birth to their fourth and final child, ___________.
(a) Penny Megan Reuel.
(b) Penelope Maria Reuel.
(c) Priscilla Mary Reuel.
(d) Patricia Morgan Reuel.

4. At the Oratory, who does Mabel Tolkien meet?
(a) Father Frederick Xander Miller.
(b) Father Francis Xavier Morgan.
(c) Father Filipo Alessandro Mulligan.
(d) Father Frank Alexander Montgomery.

5. Ronald and Edith return from their honeymoon, and Ronald receives his first rejection letter for what?
(a) A myth.
(b) A play.
(c) Poetry.
(d) A novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In January 1913, Ronald Tolkien turned 21 and was thrilled that he could finally do what?

2. Together Gordon and Tolkien formed what?

3. What has been converted into an office?

4. Why did Edith and her cousin Jennie Grove move back to Cheltenham?

5. Members of Exeter College saw great promise in the student and suggested that Ronald become what?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Mabel arrive in South Africa? What takes place at the time of their wedding?

2. Why did Edith live away from Ronald for a period of time?

3. How do both Mabel and Arthur feel about returning to England?

4. What did Tolkien do when he returned to Oxford?

5. Why is Arthur Tolkien in South Africa?

6. Why is Ronald allowed to contact Edith? What did Ronald learn about Edith?

7. For how long has Mabel Suffield been engaged to Arthur Tolkien? Why could she not marry him earlier?

8. Who was the Tolkiens' second son when was he born?

9. What did G.B. Smith's words, "May you say the things I have tried to say long after I am not there to say them," do for Ronald?

10. What happens during the summer of 1914?

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