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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the Elder Children of Illuvatar called?
(a) Elves.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Queens.
(d) Pogos.

2. Who were given limited permission to sail only as far west as Tol-eressea?
(a) The Roadguns.
(b) The Numenoreans.
(c) The Andunies.
(d) The Lovelanders.

3. What were the Vanimor?
(a) Lesser spirits.
(b) Strong people.
(c) Difficult people.
(d) Tall people.

4. 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?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1956.

5. Which gates reappeared from the Lost Tales?
(a) Of Evening.
(b) Of Morning.
(c) Of Life.
(d) Of Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the final scene that shows the legend that Tolkien intended to write about?

2. Whom did Albion lose after he got his professorship?

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

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

5. Who became lustful, proud, violent, and evil?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in the year 1050?

2. What was the Downfall of Numenor about?

3. How did the Valar count time?

4. How was the world of Valinor built?

5. What manuscripts does Part Two contain?

6. What was the importance of dreams to Albion?

7. How was Audion, Albion's son, described in Chapter 4 of Part 1?

8. How was the fall of Numenor introduced in Part 1, Chapter 2?

9. When did the Moon and Sun arise?

10. What was the first generation of the Sun?

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