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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Ronald's group of friends and fellow students unofficially named?
(a) The "Boys' Club."
(b) The "Authors' Club."
(c) The "Literature Club."
(d) The "Tea Club."

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

3. Ronald received medical care, but never got any better. What happened next?
(a) He stayed in a hospital in Germany.
(b) He was sent to a hospital in the United States.
(c) He was released back to battle.
(d) He was sent home to England.

4. How is this conversion received by her family?
(a) Very well.
(b) Fairly well.
(c) Well.
(d) Not well.

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

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

7. While at Leeds Tolkien met up with Eric Valentine Gordon. How did he know Eric?
(a) Tolkien had tutored him at one point.
(b) Tolkien had been friends with Eric's parents.
(c) Eric had tutored him at one point.
(d) Eric had introduced Edith the Tolkien.

8. What is one of the many strange disturbances in the house at Bloemfontein?
(a) Monkeys climbing over the wall.
(b) The home is silent.
(c) Earthquakes occur.
(d) New hired help is brought in daily.

9. Father Francis was still angry with Ronald for what?
(a) Deceiving him regarding the relationship of Edith.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Skipping school.
(d) Leaving King Edward's school.

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

11. Why does the couple move into the Bank House?
(a) It is near the train station.
(b) It is a small, modest home.
(c) It is in England.
(d) It is on the premises of the Bank of Africa, where Arthur is employed.

12. Chapter 7, titled "War," takes place during the summer of _________, after England declared war on Germany.
(a) 1904.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1914.

13. The small sum of money that had been invested by Arthur would only bring an income of ___________________ per week, an amount that is barely enough to sustain the family at the poverty level.
(a) 30 shillings.
(b) 50 pounds.
(c) 30 pounds.
(d) 50 shillings.

14. Until the late 1800s, at what university were most of the college fellows required to take holy vows and not permitted to marry?
(a) Yale.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Harvard.

15. Why is the baby named John?
(a) After his uncle.
(b) After a friend of the family.
(c) After his father.
(d) After his grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tolkien replied that he felt the club they had created had come to an end. What is Smith's reply?

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

4. Why does Mabel have to be hospitalized?

5. What did Ronald do when he found out Edith was engaged to be married?

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