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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tolkien replied that he felt the club they had created had come to an end. What is Smith's reply?
(a) The T.C.B.S. would never end.
(b) The T.C.B.Y had ended.
(c) The N.C.A.A. had ended.
(d) The T.C.C.C. would never end.

2. In 1917, Edith gave birth to a baby boy, John Francis Reuel; the name Francis as a tribute to whom?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Father Francis Morgan.
(d) Tolkien's grandfather.

3. Carpenter believes that Tolkien may have substituted his mother with what?
(a) His faith in the Catholic Church.
(b) His friends.
(c) His writing.
(d) His love for Edith.

4. What does Mabel decide to do about her children's education?
(a) She pays for them to attend the most expensive school in the country.
(b) She sends them to a neighbor for tutoring.
(c) She will homeschool them.
(d) She ends it.

5. Ronald returned to his studies only to find that he had fallen behind and had to cram six weeks of work into a short period of time in order to complete the course. In what place did he come?
(a) Tenth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Second.
(d) First.

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) Disappointed.
(d) Depressed.

7. The second language was Sindarin, which was reminiscent of _________, Tolkien's second favorite language.
(a) Italian.
(b) Irish.
(c) Scottish.
(d) Welsh.

8. 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.

9. Tolkien had decided that in order to create a new language he would also have to create what?
(a) A new planet.
(b) A new country.
(c) A history around it.
(d) A new alphabet.

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

11. Why does Mabel travel here?
(a) To marry Arthur Tolkien.
(b) To search for a husband.
(c) To find a job.
(d) To find her parents.

12. Much to Ronald's delight his childhood club survived graduation from King Edward's and continued its activities including what?
(a) The production of a musical.
(b) The production of a movie.
(c) The production of an opera.
(d) The production of a play.

13. What was the sole purpose of this club?
(a) To learn a foreign language.
(b) To read Scandinavian literature.
(c) To drink massive quantities of beer, read sagas, and sing.
(d) To eat Swedish food.

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

15. Together Gordon and Tolkien formed what?
(a) The Swedish Club.
(b) The Viking Club.
(c) The Scandinavian Club.
(d) The Nors Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some also believe that Mabel's death encouraged Tolkien to do what?

2. Without Edith, Ronald focused his entire life around what?

3. Chapter 7, titled "War," takes place during the summer of _________, after England declared war on Germany.

4. How is this conversion received by her family?

5. At this point Carpenter introduces __________, a friend of Tolkien's and popular lecturer on medieval studies.

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