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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Tolkien in 1973?
(a) He caught a fever.
(b) He caught a chest infection.
(c) He contracted cancer.
(d) He had a heart attack.

2. The battle with the publishing company made Tolkien and his work what?
(a) Disliked.
(b) Uninteresting.
(c) Overnight sensations.
(d) Unsellable.

3. People began to call when?
(a) At night.
(b) At all hours of the day and night.
(c) When he was in meetings.
(d) In the morning.

4. Which child did Tolkien write letters to in particular?
(a) Priscilla.
(b) John.
(c) Francis.
(d) Christopher.

5. Tolkien began to find that people were confusing what?
(a) This fantasy world with their own.
(b) The man with the work.
(c) The man with other authors.
(d) The work with other works.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolkien said Unwin looked a lot like who?

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

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

4. 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?

5. What will Mabel do about housing?

(see the answer key)

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