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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some of the pressure was relieved when Ronald received a scholarship titled the "Open Classical Exhibition" to where?
(a) Exeter College.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Xavier College.
(d) Leeds.

2. It was also important that the work did not become what?
(a) An allegory.
(b) A waste of time.
(c) A metaphor.
(d) An embarrassment.

3. Additionally, Tolkien wanted to create an English mythology like that of the Norse or Finnish cultures using the same intense feeling he put into what?
(a) His early songs.
(b) His early plays.
(c) His early poetry.
(d) His early operas.

4. What other plan of Tolkien's also had to be put aside?
(a) The author's plan to create a map for each page.
(b) The author's plan for having invisible lettering on the maps.
(c) The author's plan to have life size maps.
(d) The author's plan to have removable maps.

5. Regardless of how The Hobbit is viewed, it was intended to be what?
(a) A scary story.
(b) An epic.
(c) A children's story.
(d) A funny story.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolkien is in the process of working on what?

2. The Hobbit had been abandoned until a student of Tolkien's mentioned it to whom?

3. Mabel decides to convert to what religion?

4. Tolkien and Lewis both indulged in wearing what type of clothing?

5. Ronald returned to his studies only to find that he had fallen behind and had to cram six weeks of work into a short period of time in order to complete the course. In what place did he come?

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