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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Valinor and Middle-Earth before The Lord of the Rings, Chapter 3, The Later Annals of Beleriand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who made lamps that light the world on pillars?
(a) Aule.
(b) Banning.
(c) Morgoth.
(d) Tolkein.

2. To whom did the Silmarils belong?
(a) Jezebel.
(b) Feanor.
(c) Mallory.
(d) Tolkien.

3. What languages did Albion enjoy learning?
(a) French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and German.
(b) Russian, English, Greek, Latin, Welsh, and French.
(c) Latin, Greek, Italian, German, and French.
(d) Latin, Greek, Old English, Norse, Welsh, and Irish.

4. How many trees did the Valinor create?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. When the pillars were broken, what did the Gods make, surrounding it with mountains?
(a) Aule.
(b) Bridges.
(c) Valinor.
(d) Love pots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Albion wish was longer, so he could study languages?

2. Who was Earendel and Elwing's only child?

3. Who wrote the second manuscript?

4. What followed the second manuscript?

5. How many years younger was Tolkien to the character whose biography resembles his own?

(see the answer key)

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