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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Rayner Unwin wanted Tolkien to send THE LORD OF THE RINGS posthaste. Why was Tolkien reluctant?
(a) There was only one copy in existence.
(b) He did not trust Rayne.
(c) He could not find an extra copy of the book.
(d) He did not have a written copy of the book.

3. What happens in 1895 when Mabel and the boys return to England for a visit?
(a) Mabel Tolkien's health begins to fail.
(b) Arthur Tolkien's health begins to fail.
(c) Arthur Tolkien says they can stay.
(d) Mabel Tolkien says she is not leaving England.

4. What did Tolkien and Stanley Unwin think of each other?
(a) The other was insane.
(b) The other was rude.
(c) The other was quite strange.
(d) They were very similar.

5. Where did Tolkien work when he returned to Oxford?
(a) In a Barnes and Noble.
(b) The New English Dictionary workroom.
(c) In a library.
(d) In the school bookstore.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened when Oxford finally took notice of the book?

3. Part one relays details of what?

4. The money began pouring in and soon Tolkien was worried about what?

5. Several years of delays and mishaps occurred until in ________ when Tolkien gave up on Collins and went back to Allen and Unwin.

(see the answer key)

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