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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. How did this critic respond to Tolkien's work?
(a) With much criticism.
(b) There was no response.
(c) With both criticism and accolades.
(d) With many accolades.

2. After reading through Tolkien's completed manuscripts, what did Unwin do?
(a) He threw them away.
(b) He chose a few of them to publish.
(c) He chose most of them to be published.
(d) He rejected all of them in favor of another book written as a sequel to The Hobbit.

3. The Hobbit had been abandoned until a student of Tolkien's mentioned it to whom?
(a) The president of Oxford.
(b) Christopher.
(c) A college friend who was working for a London publisher.
(d) Edith.

4. Where did Priscilla remain?
(a) At school.
(b) In a hospital.
(c) At home.
(d) In the States.

5. What was taking a toll on Edith?
(a) The strain of keeping up the house.
(b) Her children.
(c) The fanmail.
(d) The weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. The money began pouring in and soon Tolkien was worried about what?

2. The war hit in what year?

3. How did Stanley Unwin surprise Tolkien?

4. The woman took the typescript, read it and then did what with it?

5. The war made things difficult for everyone in Europe and the Tolkiens often took in lodgers and also raised hens for what reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ronald become frustrated with THE LORD OF THE RINGS? What did he say about this story?

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

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

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

5. What happened when Oxford took notice of the book?

6. Why was the story of THE HOBBIT written?

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

8. What ended Tolkien's focus on the new book and his Oxford professorship?

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

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

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