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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Members of Exeter College saw great promise in the student and suggested that Ronald become what?
(a) A philologist.
(b) A psychologist.
(c) A philosopher.
(d) A playwright.

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

3. Why does Mabel have to be hospitalized?
(a) There is no treatment for Diabetes at this time.
(b) There is no one to care for her at home.
(c) She is very contagious.
(d) She will need to receive treatment.

4. Why does the couple move into the Bank House?
(a) It is a small, modest home.
(b) It is in England.
(c) It is near the train station.
(d) It is on the premises of the Bank of Africa, where Arthur is employed.

5. 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?
(a) His early poetry.
(b) His early songs.
(c) His early operas.
(d) His early plays.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1929 Edith gave birth to their fourth and final child, ___________.

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

3. The important thing for Tolkien was to be able to create a remote and strange land while adhering to what?

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

5. Together Gordon and Tolkien formed what?

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