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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some also believe that Mabel's death encouraged Tolkien to do what?
(a) Become a Catholic.
(b) Stay in school.
(c) Expand his study of various languages.
(d) Marry Edith.

2. To Tolkien, this death represented what?
(a) The end of an era.
(b) The beginning of an era.
(c) The end of his life.
(d) The end of the world.

3. Carpenter meets Edith. How does he describe her?
(a) Very depressed and rude.
(b) Very odd and unusual.
(c) Very petite and pleasant.
(d) Very quiet and shy.

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

5. Eventually the group changed its name to the "Barrovian Society" but often referred to it as what?
(a) "T.C.B.S."
(b) "N.C.A.A."
(c) "T.C.B.A."
(d) "T.C.B.Y."

Short Answer Questions

1. The second language was Sindarin, which was reminiscent of _________, Tolkien's second favorite language.

2. North Oxford had become a community of academics, their wives, and families who lived where?

3. In 1920, Ronald applied for a job at the University of Leeds as what?

4. Until the late 1800s, at what university were most of the college fellows required to take holy vows and not permitted to marry?

5. Much to Ronald's delight his childhood club survived graduation from King Edward's and continued its activities including what?

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