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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Now the Books Themselves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two factors contribute to the main part of Letter #66 to Christopher?
(a) Real life and the writing of an imaginary world.
(b) Fiction and the idea of living in an imaginary world.
(c) Fiction and the writing of an imaginary world.
(d) Real life and the idea of living in an imaginary world.

2. What is the result of a friendship between the Elves and the Dwarves, as Tolkien explains in Letter #131?
(a) An improvement in education.
(b) A decline of education.
(c) A decline of the arts.
(d) An improvement in the arts.

3. Where is the man whose accent Tolkien refers to as "English after being wiped over with a dirty sponge" from?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New England.

4. Who is the person that Tolkien thanks, and is the recipient of Letter #130?
(a) George Allen.
(b) Rayner Unwin.
(c) Milton Waldman.
(d) Humphrey Carpenter.

5. How does Tolkien consider the term "Elves"?
(a) He thinks it is misleading.
(b) He thinks it is amusing.
(c) He thinks it is senseless.
(d) He thinks it is undefined.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned in a letter to Unwin, how had Tolkien previously responded to the warning about his friendship with C.S. Lewis?

2. How does Tolkien describe the change that he has made to his manuscript in Letter #129?

3. As mentioned in Letter #66, why does Tolkien think that he will have to move some of the sections of his book?

4. As mentioned by Tolkien in Letter #131, when do the Hobbits first come into being?

5. Which character does Tolkien indicate has gained the most power by wearing the Ring?

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