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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, After the Fall of the Elves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two factors contribute to the main part of Letter #66 to Christopher?
(a) Fiction and the writing of an imaginary world.
(b) Real life and the writing of an imaginary world.
(c) Fiction and the idea of living in an imaginary world.
(d) Real life and the idea of living in an imaginary world.

2. How many Rings of Power does the One Ring control?
(a) Eight.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

3. In Letter, #6, to what college subject does Tolkien refer?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) English Literature.
(c) Middle English.
(d) History.

4. Which of the following is the main focal point of The Silmarillion?
(a) Dwarves.
(b) Hobbits.
(c) Elves.
(d) Magic.

5. How old is J.R.R. Tolkien in the first letter?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Twenty-three.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty-four.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tolkien describe the writing of The Hobbit to Christopher?

2. As mentioned by Tolkien in Letter #131, when do the Hobbits first come into being?

3. How does Tolkien consider the term "Elves"?

4. Where is the man whose accent Tolkien refers to as "English after being wiped over with a dirty sponge" from?

5. What is the result of a friendship between the Elves and the Dwarves, as Tolkien explains in Letter #131?

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