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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Tolkien doing at Oxford?
(a) Well.
(b) Not well.
(c) Fairly well.
(d) Horribly.

2. In 1952, Rayner Unwin proposed a new deal to Tolkien for THE LORD OF THE RINGS. What was this deal?
(a) Tolkien would receive a traditional contract with royalty payments.
(b) Tolkien would receive all of the profits from the book.
(c) Tolkien would be contracted in a profit-sharing agreement.
(d) Tolkien could choose how much of a profit he wanted to make.

3. To where did the Tolkiens move?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Bournemouth.
(d) London.

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

5. Tolkien began to pay the most attention to what as opposed to the story itself?
(a) The landscape.
(b) The people.
(c) The language.
(d) The time period.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Father Francis accept the news of the engagement?

2. The first language Tolkien produced to his own satisfaction was _____________, a complex language based on the Finnish vocabulary.

3. What will Mabel do about housing?

4. Why did Tolkien leave Bournemouth?

5. Mabel notices that Ronald is a bright student who is interested in what?

(see the answer key)

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