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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mabel think of Bloemfontein?
(a) She is afraid of it.
(b) She loves it.
(c) She is not fond of it.
(d) She does not think anything of it.

2. When did Father Francis permit Tolkien to write to Edith?
(a) On Christmas.
(b) On his birthday.
(c) On Easter.
(d) On her birthday.

3. Why does Mabel have to be hospitalized?
(a) There is no one to care for her at home.
(b) She will need to receive treatment.
(c) There is no treatment for Diabetes at this time.
(d) She is very contagious.

4. Did Father Francis accept the news of the engagement?
(a) Yes, he was very excited.
(b) Yes, he was fairly thrilled.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, but he was not thrilled.

5. 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) C.S. Lewis.
(d) P.T. Deutermann.

6. Ronald and Edith return from their honeymoon, and Ronald receives his first rejection letter for what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) A myth.
(c) A play.
(d) A novel.

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

8. At the Oratory, who does Mabel Tolkien meet?
(a) Father Frank Alexander Montgomery.
(b) Father Frederick Xander Miller.
(c) Father Filipo Alessandro Mulligan.
(d) Father Francis Xavier Morgan.

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

10. For what was Tolkien known, regarding his personality?
(a) Having no sense of humor.
(b) Having a good sense of humor.
(c) Being shy and quiet.
(d) Being serious.

11. In 1920, Ronald applied for a job at the University of Leeds as what?
(a) A Professor of English.
(b) A Professor of Philology.
(c) A Reader in Foreign Language.
(d) A Reader in English Language.

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

13. Ronald was adamant that Edith become what?
(a) A Protestant.
(b) A Catholic.
(c) A Buddhist.
(d) A Hindu.

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

15. North Oxford had become a community of academics, their wives, and families who lived where?
(a) In large apartments.
(b) In small, modest homes.
(c) In cheap rental homes.
(d) In the grand mansions and suburban villas.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Ronald was stricken with what the doctors referred to as what?

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

4. Part one relays details of what?

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

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