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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Middle Earth as Fairy-Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Allen & Unwin?
(a) A law firm.
(b) A publishing house.
(c) A bank.
(d) A printing service.

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

3. In describing the power of the pen, what aspect of fiction writing does Tolkien refer to when explaining his own writing process and the way he invents characters?
(a) The extensive reading of other fiction done before writing.
(b) The unpredictability of it.
(c) The predictability of it.
(d) The extensive research done before writing.

4. How many improvements does Tolkien indicate he has made to the manuscript for Farmer Giles of Ham?
(a) None.
(b) Numerous.
(c) Too many to count.
(d) Only a few.

5. How many other men are traveling with Tolkien during his conversation about accents?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tolkien describe the writing of The Hobbit to Christopher?

2. As Tolkien explains in Letter #131, what motivates The Enemy in his stories?

3. How does Tolkien describe the domestic problems he is having in a letter before he moves to a small house?

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

5. In Letter, #6, to what college subject does Tolkien refer?

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