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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Father Francis permit Tolkien to write to Edith?
(a) On Easter.
(b) On her birthday.
(c) On his birthday.
(d) On Christmas.

2. Tolkien received a letter from Christopher Wiseman, informing him that who had been killed?
(a) His brother.
(b) C.S. Lewis.
(c) Jimmy Smits.
(d) G. B. Smith.

3. Tolkien had decided that in order to create a new language he would also have to create what?
(a) A history around it.
(b) A new country.
(c) A new planet.
(d) A new alphabet.

4. How does Tolkien talk about the series?
(a) As if it was never written.
(b) As if it is historical fact and not his own creation.
(c) As if it were an embarrassment.
(d) As if it were absurd.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Carpenter points out that in every photograph the situation and location seemed to be what?

3. Whose words inspired Tolkien to write his great epic work?

4. In 1917, Edith gave birth to a baby boy, John Francis Reuel; the name Francis as a tribute to whom?

5. In 1922, Tolkien was appointed to the position of Professorship of the English Language. What is unique about this position?

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