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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Unwin respond when Tolkien offered him an ultimatum?
(a) He ignored it.
(b) He tolerated it.
(c) He accepted it.
(d) He rejected it.

2. For the next couple of years why did Edith travel?
(a) To be with Ronald.
(b) To have some freedom.
(c) To explore the world.
(d) To be away from home.

3. As the story of THE HOBBIT moved along, some of what crept in?
(a) Tolkien's poetry.
(b) Tolkien's mythology.
(c) Tolkien's other stories.
(d) Tolkien's family.

4. The first book review was written by whom?
(a) Father Francis.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Edith.
(d) C.S. Lewis.

5. What does Mabel decide to do about her children's education?
(a) She will homeschool them.
(b) She ends it.
(c) She pays for them to attend the most expensive school in the country.
(d) She sends them to a neighbor for tutoring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolkien wrote to Stanley Unwin to tell him what?

2. Tolkien was fortunate to survive what he referred to as what?

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

4. In 1924, Edith gave birth to a third son, Christopher Reuel, named after whom?

5. Tolkien replied that he felt the club they had created had come to an end. What is Smith's reply?

(see the answer key)

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