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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ronald managed to fit in with the help of some fellow ___________.
(a) Freshmen.
(b) Protestant students.
(c) Young men.
(d) Catholic students.

2. In 1922, Tolkien was appointed to the position of Professorship of the English Language. What is unique about this position?
(a) It was created for Tolkien's predecessor.
(b) It is the oldest position.
(c) It is not a real position.
(d) It was created especially for Tolkien.

3. Why did Ronald not follow suit when Hilary signed up to become a soldier?
(a) He was afraid of war.
(b) He was concerned about leaving Oxford and wanted to finish his studies.
(c) He did not believe in war.
(d) He was not feeling well.

4. Mabel notices that Ronald is a bright student who is interested in what?
(a) Art.
(b) Languages.
(c) Science.
(d) Mathematics.

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

6. How does Mabel feel when Arthur tells his father that he cannot see returning to England on a permanent basis?
(a) Angry.
(b) Worried.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Disappointed.

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

8. At this point Carpenter introduces __________, a friend of Tolkien's and popular lecturer on medieval studies.
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) P.T. Barnum.
(c) P.T. Deutermann.
(d) C.S. Lewis.

9. Ronald spent his final year at King Edward's deeply involved in what?
(a) Thinking about Edith.
(b) The debating society and the football league.
(c) Planning his life after graduation.
(d) A secret relationship with Edith.

10. In the spring of 1904 Mabel is diagnosed with what?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Diabetes.

11. In 1891 Mabel Suffield leaves her family in Birmingham to travel where?
(a) To South Vietnam.
(b) To South Korea.
(c) To South Africa.
(d) To South America.

12. While in service Tolkien received a letter from his friend, G. B. Smith, stating that who had been killed?
(a) Rob Gilson.
(b) Joe Gibson.
(c) Bob Gibson.
(d) Job Gilson.

13. Tolkien is in the process of working on what?
(a) A sequel to THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
(b) A movie.
(c) A new book.
(d) A contradiction that appears in THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

14. In 1924, Edith gave birth to a third son, Christopher Reuel, named after whom?
(a) Christopher Robin.
(b) Christopher Moore.
(c) Christopher Wiseman.
(d) Christopher Wren.

15. What did Ronald do when he found out Edith was engaged to be married?
(a) He convinced her to break her engagement to marry him.
(b) He found a new girlfriend.
(c) He told Edith good bye for the last time.
(d) He became very depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the many strange disturbances in the house at Bloemfontein?

2. As Ronald and Edith's wedding drew nearer, what became a concern?

3. Tolkien received a letter from Christopher Wiseman, informing him that who had been killed?

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

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

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