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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fall of Numenor and The Lost Road, Chapter 3, The Lost Road.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who encouraged the Numenoreans to reach out beyond their borders?
(a) Elendil.
(b) Herendil.
(c) Tolkien.
(d) Sauron.

2. Where was Elendil from?
(a) Torres.
(b) Grace.
(c) Avalon.
(d) Numendor.

3. What were the 2 plot devices Tolkien discussed with C.S. Lewis?
(a) Allegory and symbolism.
(b) Blood and guts.
(c) Space travel and time travel.
(d) Love and war.

4. What aspect of the Numenoreans was attributed only to the Valar as a gift?
(a) Longevity.
(b) Strength.
(c) Power.
(d) Love.

5. What were the Numenoreans not obsessed with?
(a) Life.
(b) Love.
(c) Joy.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Tolkien recount a discussion he had with C.S. Lewis, where they decided who would write stories about two of the big "plot devices" of the day?

2. What was the language Albion remembered in a vision as a boy?

3. Who was the the Elf-king in Beleriand?

4. What did Albion call visions of an alien world?

5. Who discussed the Germanic people known for their ferocity?

(see the answer key)

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