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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Publisher Drama.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year are the earliest letters in the book written?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1918.

2. What is left out of the letters included in "To Unwin about The Hobbit"?
(a) The full names of the people that the letters are addressed to.
(b) Months and dates.
(c) The endings of the letters.
(d) Personal information.

3. How does Tolkien describe the writing of The Hobbit to Christopher?
(a) Neither easy nor difficult.
(b) Difficult.
(c) Both easy and difficult.
(d) Easy.

4. In Letter #131, what reason does Tolkien reveal for creating his alternate world of fiction?
(a) To fill the English people's need for their own fairy tale.
(b) To provide an example for how a society should be constructed.
(c) To recreate a world that he had read about as a child.
(d) To make a world that is completely unbelievable in every way.

5. What assertion does Tolkien make about Farmer Giles of Ham?
(a) It is a children's book.
(b) It is not a children's book.
(c) It is his longest work to date.
(d) It is an unfinished work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Tolkien write to Christopher about the writing process for The Hobbit?

2. In Letter #27, which of the following does Tolkien say that he will leave the drawing of to someone who can draw ?

3. Who does Tolkien say are the only people interested in reading his literary works in Letter #115?

4. As Tolkien explains in Letter #131, what motivates The Enemy in his stories?

5. How old is J.R.R. Tolkien in the first letter?

(see the answer key)

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