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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. In the spring of 1904 Mabel is diagnosed with what?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Diabetes.
2. Why did Ronald not follow suit when Hilary signed up to become a soldier?
(a) He was concerned about leaving Oxford and wanted to finish his studies.
(b) He did not believe in war.
(c) He was not feeling well.
(d) He was afraid of war.
3. To Tolkien, this death represented what?
(a) The end of his life.
(b) The beginning of an era.
(c) The end of an era.
(d) The end of the world.
4. Father Francis was still angry with Ronald for what?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Skipping school.
(c) Leaving King Edward's school.
(d) Deceiving him regarding the relationship of Edith.
5. Tolkien had decided that in order to create a new language he would also have to create what?
(a) A history around it.
(b) A new alphabet.
(c) A new country.
(d) A new planet.
Short Answer Questions
1. Tolkien began writing what he referred to as "The Book of Lost Tales." The first story would eventually become what?
2. Some also believe that Mabel's death encouraged Tolkien to do what?
3. Without Edith, Ronald focused his entire life around what?
4. Ronald and Edith return from their honeymoon, and Ronald receives his first rejection letter for what?
5. The family settles into their new home and Tolkien embraced his duties as what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened in January of 1913?
2. What does Ronald do without Edith in his life?
3. What does Humphrey Carpenter say about the Tolkiens in Part One of this book?
4. What is odd about the Bloemfontein home?
5. What does Ronald think of Exeter College?
6. What happened to T.C.B.S. after graduation?
7. How does the Tolkien family end up in Leeds?
8. Why does Mabel plan a trip to England? Why is the trip postponed?
9. How does Mabel feel about Bloemfontein? How does she act in regards to her feelings? Why does she act this way?
10. For how long has Mabel Suffield been engaged to Arthur Tolkien? Why could she not marry him earlier?
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