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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Tolkien work when he returned to Oxford?
(a) The New English Dictionary workroom.
(b) In a library.
(c) In a Barnes and Noble.
(d) In the school bookstore.

2. Tolkien was unhappy about splitting the work into three volumes and insisted on what?
(a) Binding and selling the three volumes together.
(b) Maintaining the title THE LORD OF THE RINGS for the entire series.
(c) Keeping the book as one.
(d) Naming each book something different.

3. At this point Carpenter introduces __________, a friend of Tolkien's and popular lecturer on medieval studies.
(a) P.T. Deutermann.
(b) C.S. Lewis.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) P.T. Barnum.

4. In 1917, Edith gave birth to a baby boy, John Francis Reuel; the name Francis as a tribute to whom?
(a) Tolkien's grandfather.
(b) Father Francis Morgan.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her grandfather.

5. Why did Edith and her cousin Jennie Grove move back to Cheltenham?
(a) Edith was tired of Tolkien.
(b) Edith missed home.
(c) Edith was pregnant and completely miserable.
(d) Edith missed her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until the late 1800s, at what university were most of the college fellows required to take holy vows and not permitted to marry?

2. As the story of THE HOBBIT moved along, some of what crept in?

3. What was the sole purpose of this club?

4. Why was the publication of THE HOBBIT quite a learning experience for Tolkien?

5. In writing THE LORD OF THE RINGS Tolkien became frustrated and did not know what?

(see the answer key)

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