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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 songs.
(b) His early operas.
(c) His early plays.
(d) His early poetry.

2. Carpenter is expected, but is greeted with some puzzlement. Why?
(a) As if the professor does not know where he is.
(b) As if the professor does not know him.
(c) As if the professor has forgotten his own name.
(d) As if the professor has forgotten about the appointment.

3. Tolkien jumped into his studies and was thrilled when he had the opportunity to do what?
(a) Meet C.S. Lewis.
(b) Meet Joseph Wright, a Professor of Comparative Philology.
(c) Meet Father Francis for dinner.
(d) Meet Edith.

4. Tolkien is in the process of working on what?
(a) A new book.
(b) A contradiction that appears in THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
(c) A movie.
(d) A sequel to THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It was also important that the work did not become what?

2. Tolkien replied that he felt the club they had created had come to an end. What is Smith's reply?

3. Ronald and Edith return from their honeymoon, and Ronald receives his first rejection letter for what?

4. North Oxford had become a community of academics, their wives, and families who lived where?

5. In 1922, Tolkien was appointed to the position of Professorship of the English Language. What is unique about this position?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tolkien create with Eric Valentine Gordon?

2. How do many people question Tolkien in regards to his mythology and devout Catholic faith? What is Tolkien's response?

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

4. What does Ronald think of Exeter College?

5. What did Tolkien do while he was recovering from trench fever?

6. What did members of Exeter College think of Ronald when he came in second place?

7. What does Ronald do without Edith in his life?

8. How did Edith feel when Ronald was called back to duty?

9. What is odd about the Bloemfontein home?

10. What happens when Mabel and the boys return to England for a visit?

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