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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is this conversion received by her family?

2. Additionally, Tolkien wanted to create an English mythology like that of the Norse or Finnish cultures using the same intense feeling he put into what?

3. Many people question how Tolkien could create a mythology without a clear presence of ________ considering his devout Catholic faith.

4. What does Mabel decide to do about her children's education?

5. The second language was Sindarin, which was reminiscent of _________, Tolkien's second favorite language.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to T.C.B.S. after graduation?

2. Why did Edith live away from Ronald for a period of time?

3. How does the Tolkien family end up in Leeds?

4. What did G.B. Smith's words, "May you say the things I have tried to say long after I am not there to say them," do for Ronald?

5. Who was the Tolkiens' second son when was he born?

6. Why is Ronald allowed to contact Edith? What did Ronald learn about Edith?

7. How do many people question Tolkien in regards to his mythology and devout Catholic faith? What is Tolkien's response?

8. What does Humphrey Carpenter say about the Tolkiens in Part One of this book?

9. What did Tolkien do when he returned to Oxford?

10. What did Tolkien create with Eric Valentine Gordon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tolkien and Edith have four children.

Part 1) Who are their children? How does the birth of these children affect the Tolkiens and their relationship with each other? How influential are the Tolkiens in the children's lives?

Part 2) How important do these children become in Tolkien's life? Why? How important are these children to Tolkien's work? Why?

Part 3) How influential are your parents in your own life? How do you also influence and change them? How does this compare to the Tolkien family?

Essay Topic 2

Tolkien has a few close friends.

Part 1) Who does he consider to be his close friends? What does he have in common with these individuals?

Part 2) How do these friends influence his life and work? When these friends are lost, for example, due to death, how is Tolkien affected? What does this reveal about him?

Part 3) Who are your close friends? How do they influence you? How do you support one another in various aspects of your life? How might your life change if those friends were no longer in your life?

Essay Topic 3

By and large, Edith was unhappy when Ronald was immersed in his work at Oxford.

Part 1) Why does this unhappiness occur? How does Edith deal with this unhappiness? What does this reveal about her?

Part 2) How does her early life with Ronald compare to her life throughout their marriage? What role does Ronald play in her unhappiness? Is he entirely to blame? Why or why not?

Part 3) Should they have married? Why or why not? Would they have still married if they had known their marriage would be as it was? Why or why not?

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