The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta, and the Annals,... Papers & Assignment Topics

Essay Topics/Writing Assignments

These 20 essay questions can be used as essay questions on a test, or as stand-alone essay topics for a take-home or in-class writing assignment. Students should have a full understanding of the text in order to answer these questions. They ask for a thorough analysis of the text.

1. Describe the ways Morgoth disrupted the peace in Valinor.

2. Describe the Balrogs and analyze their role in The Terrible Last Battle. For whom did they fight and why did they fight?

3. Describe the Elves and analyze their role in the World.

4. Describe and analyze the Battle of Unnumbered Tears. Who fought in this battle? Who was victorious?

5. What do the Walls of The World surround and what is their purpose?

6. Describe what happened during the first and second Battle of the Gods. What effect did the first...
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