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

2. Ronald was stricken with what the doctors referred to as what?
(a) "Trench disease."
(b) "Trench fever."
(c) "A fever of unknown origin."
(d) "Pyrexia of unknown origin."

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

4. 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 large apartments.
(c) In cheap rental homes.
(d) In small, modest homes.

5. 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 became very depressed.
(c) He told Edith good bye for the last time.
(d) He found a new girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mabel think of Bloemfontein?

2. What happens in 1895 when Mabel and the boys return to England for a visit?

3. In 1922, Tolkien was appointed to the position of Professorship of the English Language. What is unique about this position?

4. How does Tolkien talk about the series?

5. Members of Exeter College saw great promise in the student and suggested that Ronald become what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the Tolkiens' second son when was he born?

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

3. How do many people question Tolkien in regards to his mythology and devout Catholic faith? What is Tolkien's response?

4. Why is Ronald allowed to contact Edith? What did Ronald learn about Edith?

5. Why does Mabel plan a trip to England? Why is the trip postponed?

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

7. How does Mabel feel about Bloemfontein? How does she act in regards to her feelings? Why does she act this way?

8. What did G.B. Smith's words, "May you say the things I have tried to say long after I am not there to say them," do for Ronald?

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

10. What happened to T.C.B.S. after graduation?

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