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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Tolkien work when he returned to Oxford?
(a) In a library.
(b) The New English Dictionary workroom.
(c) In a Barnes and Noble.
(d) In the school bookstore.

2. What did Tolkien and Stanley Unwin think of each other?
(a) The other was insane.
(b) The other was rude.
(c) They were very similar.
(d) The other was quite strange.

3. As the story of THE HOBBIT moved along, some of what crept in?
(a) Tolkien's mythology.
(b) Tolkien's family.
(c) Tolkien's poetry.
(d) Tolkien's other stories.

4. It was also important that the work did not become what?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) An allegory.
(c) An embarrassment.
(d) A metaphor.

5. Carpenter believes that Tolkien may have substituted his mother with what?
(a) His writing.
(b) His friends.
(c) His love for Edith.
(d) His faith in the Catholic Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some also believe that Mabel's death encouraged Tolkien to do what?

2. Tolkien was fortunate to survive what he referred to as what?

3. Did Tolkien believe that the work was flawless?

4. All of Tolkien's attention was split between the new book along and the Oxford professorship until what happened?

5. Why did the maps have to be redrawn?

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