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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, Chapters 1-2, The Texts and Their Relations, The Later Annals of Valinor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What earlier manuscript is mentioned in Part Two?
(a) Annals of Valinor.
(b) Quenta Noldorinwa.
(c) Music of the Ainur.
(d) Valar of Annui.

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

3. What kind of leader was Manwe?
(a) Seedy.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Great.
(d) Difficult.

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

5. How many Sun years have the Valar come into existence in the present day?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was characteristic of the First Age built around the destruction of the trees?

2. What were the ships west of the isle drawn into?

3. What development bore on how to date the manuscript?

4. The Valar did not measure time until what was completed?

5. Which document showed the Numenoreans interested in long life?

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