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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What languages were not considered classical?
(a) Western.
(b) Northern.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Southern.

3. Who was Elros?
(a) Brother of Elrond.
(b) Mother of Elsie.
(c) Sister of Elder.
(d) Child of Eric.

4. What year did Tolkien write about the legend?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1978.

5. Whom did Albion lose after he got his professorship?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

6. Which manuscript was set aside when the material was sent out for publication?
(a) Annals of Valinor.
(b) Simarillion.
(c) Valar of Annui.
(d) Music of the Ainur.

7. Whose theology does Elendil explain to Herendil?
(a) Heaven.
(b) First Temple.
(c) Hell.
(d) Middle-Earth.

8. With whom was Oswin having a conversation?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His student.
(d) His son.

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

10. What development bore on how to date the manuscript?
(a) Visual.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Textual.
(d) Literary.

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

12. In what year was the city Valmar created?
(a) 400.
(b) 900.
(c) 1000.
(d) 500.

13. Elendil explained to Herendil that the _____ wished to set foot into the far West to conquer new realms for the race and be masters of the World.
(a) Greeks.
(b) Germans.
(c) Russians.
(d) Numenoreans.

14. What story by Tolkien had only the introduction and end?
(a) Tolkien's Musings.
(b) Language and Legend.
(c) The Lost Road.
(d) The Lord of the Rings.

15. Part Two contains ALL of the following except _____.
(a) Valar of Annui.
(b) Music of the Ainur.
(c) Annals of Valinor.
(d) The Silmarillion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encouraged the Numenoreans to reach out beyond their borders?

2. Initially, Numenoreans had no temples, but then they built one for _____.

3. Who made the World into a globe?

4. What were the Germanic people known for their ferocity called?

5. For Albion, what became more frequent, absorbing, and linguistic over time?

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