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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. When the village heard the screams from Glaurung what did they believe it meant?

2. What does Aldarion's mother hope will get her son to stop thinking of the sea?

3. How did Brandir hope to keep the orcs from attacking his village?

4. What is it that covers much of Hyarnustar?

5. How do people travel on Numenor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Drugs.

2. Explain why Isildur was so reluctant to use the ring when attacked by the orcs.

3. Why did Turin turn to Sador for his learning?

4. Why did Morwen decline Thingol's offer to come live with him in his kingdom?

5. What part did Celebrimbor have that he felt he needed to repent of?

6. What does Turin hear that convinces him of Brandir's truth?

7. What is said about the final king of Numenor?

8. What becomes of Amroth and Nimrodel?

9. Explain why the Nazgul couldn't be completely secret when Sauron decided to send them out?

10. Explain why after the move of the Eotheodian people, the messengers had to stop taking word from one kingdom to the other.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Glaurung casts a spell over Nienor rather than simply kill her. She can no longer remember anything and has to be taught to do everything including speaking. This will prevent her and Turin from knowing that they are siblings.

1) Why did Glaurung choose to cast a spell rather than killing Nienor?

2) Should Turin have recognized Nienor as his sibling?

3) Was the spell Glaurung cast over Nienor worse than death? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Morwen refuses to go to Thingol's court to live.

1) Was Morwen thinking of her own pride before that of the welfare of her daughter?

2) Why did Morwen not deem it necessary to remain with her son Turin?

3) Was the sending of her token to King Thingol accepted by her son as easily as it was accepted by the king?

Essay Topic 3

Turin's parents are so upset by the death of their daughter Urwen that they grieve for a long period of time leaving Turin to be reared by Sador.

1) Did Turin's parents put their own grief ahead of his needs as a child?

2) Should they have included him in their grief?

3) Would Turin's fate have been any different if they had managed to hold him close rather than distance themselves from him? Explain.

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