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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, After the Fall of the Elves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Allen & Unwin?
(a) A printing service.
(b) A law firm.
(c) A publishing house.
(d) A bank.

2. In Letter #131, what reason does Tolkien reveal for creating his alternate world of fiction?
(a) To recreate a world that he had read about as a child.
(b) To make a world that is completely unbelievable in every way.
(c) To fill the English people's need for their own fairy tale.
(d) To provide an example for how a society should be constructed.

3. Where is the man whose accent Tolkien refers to as "English after being wiped over with a dirty sponge" from?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New England.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New Hampshire.

4. Who provides the main order of the letters included in the book?
(a) Humphrey Carpenter.
(b) Edith Bratt.
(c) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(d) Christopher Tolkien.

5. Which character does Tolkien indicate has gained the most power by wearing the Ring?
(a) Gollum.
(b) Saruman.
(c) The Witch-king of Angmar.
(d) Sauron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the letters selected for "To Unwin about The Hobbit" have in common?

2. In Letter, #6, to what college subject does Tolkien refer?

3. Who leads The Enemy in Tolkien's stories?

4. What request is made of Tolkien after he finishes Farmer Giles of Ham?

5. How long is Tolkien separated from Edith, making his affection for her grow stronger?

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