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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. What speech was used by the Valar to communicate with all the Elves?

2. What did Iluvatar teach the Ainur?

3. What did the Void apparently contain that some of the Ainur were looking for?

4. What two towns were built before the Dwarves came forth?

5. In Q, the Valar are explained in what tense?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the Sun and Moon different in Q and QS?

2. What are some differences in Q and QS regarding races, such as the Silmarils and Orcs?

3. How did Melko change the music?

4. What happened in the year 397?

5. What battle is described in Chapter 16 of Part II?

6. What was the battle that ensued in the year 51?

7. In QS, how are Elvish bodies described?

8. Why did Iluvatar end the music?

9. How did the Gnomish Wars end?

10. How did the Annals begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Audoin's fall from grace. How does this relate to a religious concept of the fallen angel? Is Audoin's temptation similar to that of Lucifer in hell? What parallels do you see in Tolkein's tale to that of the Bible?

Essay Topic 2

Symbolism occurs throughout The Lost Road and Other Writings. Identify 2-3 examples. What is their significance to the main characters of Audoin and Albion and to the story line?

Essay Topic 3

Tolkien uses more than one instance of irony in The Lost Road and Other Writings. Cite at least two examples you can identify in the book and note why they are examples of irony.

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