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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some also believe that Mabel's death encouraged Tolkien to do what?
(a) Become a Catholic.
(b) Expand his study of various languages.
(c) Marry Edith.
(d) Stay in school.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Part one relays details of what?

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

3. What does Mabel decide to do about her children's education?

4. Why was Ronald eager to please Father Francis?

5. North Oxford had become a community of academics, their wives, and families who lived where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tolkien create with Eric Valentine Gordon?

2. How did Edith feel when Ronald was called back to duty?

3. Why is Mabel worried about providing for her children?

4. What does Humphrey Carpenter say about the Tolkiens in Part One of this book?

5. What happens when Mabel and the boys return to England for a visit?

6. What did Tolkien do while he was recovering from trench fever?

7. For how long has Mabel Suffield been engaged to Arthur Tolkien? Why could she not marry him earlier?

8. How do both Mabel and Arthur feel about returning to England?

9. How does the Tolkien family end up in Leeds?

10. What did members of Exeter College think of Ronald when he came in second place?

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