The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta, and the Annals,... Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1, Prose Fragments Following the Lost Tales

1. What two adjectives were used to describe the road from the Outer Earth to Valinor?

Hard and evil.

2. What were the people called who began to dwell around the lake of Mithrim?

Tunglin or Folk of the Harp.

3. What did Turgon do when people began to come from afar to listen to his songs?

He went to the mountains.

4. Who was Turgon?

The King of Gondolin.

5. What was Turgon's harp strung with?

The sinews of bears.

6. What was Delin's soldier's strength?

Wielding long elfin spears.

7. With what did Christopher Tolkien open each section of text?

An explanation of the texts.

8. Who were the texts in this book written by?

J.R.R. Tolkien.

9. What texts were explained in the first chapter?

A series of prose...
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