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

2. During the time these letters are written, what term do the British typically use to label Americans?
(a) Colonists.
(b) City folk.
(c) Yanks.
(d) Westerners.

3. How old is J.R.R. Tolkien in the first letter?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Twenty-three.
(d) Twenty-one.

4. What is left out of the letters included in "To Unwin about The Hobbit"?
(a) Months and dates.
(b) The full names of the people that the letters are addressed to.
(c) Personal information.
(d) The endings of the letters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of Tolkien's books explains the history of Elvenkind?

2. How do the Hobbits respond to magic in Tolkien's stories?

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

4. What assertion does Tolkien make about Farmer Giles of Ham?

5. Who does Tolkien express gratitude to in Letter #6?

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