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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in 1895 when Mabel and the boys return to England for a visit?
(a) Arthur Tolkien says they can stay.
(b) Mabel Tolkien's health begins to fail.
(c) Arthur Tolkien's health begins to fail.
(d) Mabel Tolkien says she is not leaving England.

2. Why did Ronald not follow suit when Hilary signed up to become a soldier?
(a) He was concerned about leaving Oxford and wanted to finish his studies.
(b) He did not believe in war.
(c) He was not feeling well.
(d) He was afraid of war.

3. In 1891 Mabel Suffield leaves her family in Birmingham to travel where?
(a) To South Korea.
(b) To South Vietnam.
(c) To South America.
(d) To South Africa.

4. Much to Ronald's delight his childhood club survived graduation from King Edward's and continued its activities including what?
(a) The production of a movie.
(b) The production of a play.
(c) The production of an opera.
(d) The production of a musical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ronald spent his final year at King Edward's deeply involved in what?

2. Ronald and Edith return from their honeymoon, and Ronald receives his first rejection letter for what?

3. Tolkien received a letter from Christopher Wiseman, informing him that who had been killed?

4. When did Father Francis permit Tolkien to write to Edith?

5. Ronald received medical care, but never got any better. What happened next?

(see the answer key)

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