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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. Where did the Gnomes gather by torchlight in the last segment of Chapter 1?
(a) In Tun or Cor.
(b) In Middle Earth.
(c) Orc-land.
(d) In the Outer Earth.

2. Whom did the Gnomes of Nargothrond refuse to be lead by?
(a) Morgoth.
(b) Maidros.
(c) The Elves.
(d) Finweg.

3. Whose power did Ulmo fear?
(a) The power of Gondolin.
(b) The power of the Tunglin.
(c) The power of the men.
(d) The power of Melko.

4. What was the sign of Golfin?
(a) A silver bow.
(b) A silver sword upon gold.
(c) Three red arrows.
(d) A golden sword.

5. What texts were explained in the first chapter?
(a) A collection of poems.
(b) Parts of J.R.R. Tolkien's biography.
(c) A series of character descriptions.
(d) A series of prose fragments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Gnomes meet at Angband?

2. Who were the Eldalie?

3. Who did Manwe summon to the council?

4. What did Celegorm and Curufin find?

5. Whom did Tuor take with him to sail on his ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Men and Elves behave with each other?

2. How did Chapter 2 differ from Chapter 1?

3. Who was to inherit the Earth, and what would become of the Elves?

4. Why were the Elves immortal?

5. Who was Melko, what was his alternate name, and why was he given this alternate name?

6. Who was Feanor and why was he important in the story?

7. Why did Christopher Tolkien add commentary to the prose fragments?

8. Why did Morgoth want to destroy the Eldar?

9. Name some major ways in which the Elves were different from the Men.

10. Did J.R.R. Tolkien describe the Gnomes in Chapter 1?

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