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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The second language was Sindarin, which was reminiscent of _________, Tolkien's second favorite language.
(a) Welsh.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Italian.
(d) Irish.

2. Tolkien replied that he felt the club they had created had come to an end. What is Smith's reply?
(a) The T.C.C.C. would never end.
(b) The T.C.B.Y had ended.
(c) The N.C.A.A. had ended.
(d) The T.C.B.S. would never end.

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

4. Letters and cards from fans started pouring in by the __________ and Tolkien soon found himself completely overwhelmed.
(a) Thousands.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Millions.

5. Until the late 1800s, at what university were most of the college fellows required to take holy vows and not permitted to marry?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Father Francis accept the news of the engagement?

2. As Tolkien was recovering from trench fever, Christopher Wiseman wrote and told his friend that it was time to start what?

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

4. Mabel notices that Ronald is a bright student who is interested in what?

5. Several years of delays and mishaps occurred until in ________ when Tolkien gave up on Collins and went back to Allen and Unwin.

(see the answer key)

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