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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. What was the place Tolkien had always considered to be his true home?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Bournemouth.
(d) London.

2. What did the Tolkiens hope would give them some relief from the almost constant and intolerable flow of visitors, mail, and gifts that were always present in Headington?
(a) The quiet town life.
(b) The lack of neighbors.
(c) Their new, unpublicized, address.
(d) The sea air.

3. Bilbo Baggins is the son of who?
(a) Belle Tourneau.
(b) Belladonna Took.
(c) Donna Toop.
(d) Bella Turnhook.

4. In 1952, Rayner Unwin proposed a new deal to Tolkien for THE LORD OF THE RINGS. What was this deal?
(a) Tolkien would receive a traditional contract with royalty payments.
(b) Tolkien would receive all of the profits from the book.
(c) Tolkien could choose how much of a profit he wanted to make.
(d) Tolkien would be contracted in a profit-sharing agreement.

5. The battle with the publishing company made Tolkien and his work what?
(a) Overnight sensations.
(b) Uninteresting.
(c) Disliked.
(d) Unsellable.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Tolkien by the time THE LORD OF THE RINGS was completed?

2. Why was the publication of THE HOBBIT quite a learning experience for Tolkien?

3. There were many requests for Tolkien to be a professor __________.

4. Who often retired to Bournemouth?

5. Why did some of the maps have to be reconstructed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it recommended that Tolkien finish THE HOBBIT?

2. How did Tolkien feel when C.S. Lewis died? Why did he feel this way?

3. What happened when the money began pouring in?

4. What did Ronald do soon after Edith's death?

5. What does Unwin do with all of Tolkien's completed manuscripts? Why?

6. What events took place regarding Tolkien's fame?

7. What did Tolkien think about writing a sequel to THE HOBBIT? Why? What was his plan for the sequel?

8. How did Tolkien feel as the time drew nearer for the book to be published?

9. How did Tolkien's personality and feelings begin to change at this time? What might have caused this?

10. How did the money Tolkien made from this book affect him?

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