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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While in service Tolkien received a letter from his friend, G. B. Smith, stating that who had been killed?
(a) Job Gilson.
(b) Rob Gilson.
(c) Joe Gibson.
(d) Bob Gibson.

2. For what was Tolkien known, regarding his personality?
(a) Having no sense of humor.
(b) Being serious.
(c) Being shy and quiet.
(d) Having a good sense of humor.

3. St. Philip's is not the best school for the boys and eventually Ronald wins a scholarship to where?
(a) King Edward's school.
(b) King Harry's school.
(c) King Phillip's school.
(d) King William's school.

4. What will Mabel do about housing?
(a) She will stay with a friend.
(b) She will look for an inexpensive house to rent.
(c) She will stay with her in-laws.
(d) She will buy a home.

5. Ronald received medical care, but never got any better. What happened next?
(a) He was sent to a hospital in the United States.
(b) He stayed in a hospital in Germany.
(c) He was sent home to England.
(d) He was released back to battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ronald feel the moment he sets foot on campus?

2. How is this conversion received by her family?

3. Additionally, Tolkien wanted to create an English mythology like that of the Norse or Finnish cultures using the same intense feeling he put into what?

4. While at Leeds Tolkien met up with Eric Valentine Gordon. How did he know Eric?

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

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