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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Valinor and Middle-Earth before The Lord of the Rings, Chapter 6, Quenta Silmarillion, Part Three, The Etymologies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Valarindi are children created from ______.
(a) The prelates.
(b) The mounds.
(c) The world.
(d) The heavens.

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

3. Which two versions have different maps described by Christopher Tolkien?
(a) QS and the Ambarkanta.
(b) Q and QS.
(c) Q and Angband.
(d) Ambarkanta and Felagund.

4. Which document showed the Numenoreans interested in long life?
(a) Middle one.
(b) Early one.
(c) Later one.
(d) Last one.

5. What did Albion wish existed, so he could travel back in time?
(a) A naval yard.
(b) A railroad station.
(c) A boat.
(d) A time machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Ainur?

2. The QS explaineds that the Teleri were so named because they _____.

3. What were the 2 plot devices Tolkien discussed with C.S. Lewis?

4. Iluvatar announced that the music of the Ainur would be made into _____.

5. 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?

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