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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. North Oxford had become a community of academics, their wives, and families who lived where?
(a) In large apartments.
(b) In the grand mansions and suburban villas.
(c) In small, modest homes.
(d) In cheap rental homes.

2. The important thing for Tolkien was to be able to create a remote and strange land while adhering to what?
(a) Society's rules.
(b) His beliefs.
(c) Other's beliefs.
(d) His mother's beliefs.

3. What has been converted into an office?
(a) The porch.
(b) The garage.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The basement.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the trip to England postponed?

2. Without Edith, Ronald focused his entire life around what?

3. Chapter 7, titled "War," takes place during the summer of _________, after England declared war on Germany.

4. Why does Mabel have to be hospitalized?

5. How does Tolkien talk about the series?

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