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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 cheap rental homes.
(c) In the grand mansions and suburban villas.
(d) In small, modest homes.

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

3. Some of the pressure was relieved when Ronald received a scholarship titled the "Open Classical Exhibition" to where?
(a) Exeter College.
(b) Leeds.
(c) Xavier College.
(d) Cambridge.

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

5. Mabel decides to convert to what religion?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Catholicism
(d) Buddhism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tolkien began writing what he referred to as "The Book of Lost Tales." The first story would eventually become what?

3. What does Mabel think of Bloemfontein?

4. One notable aspect of the photos is what?

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

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