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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, After the Fall of the Elves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Tolkien in Letter #131, what is the source of magic in his stories?
(a) Neither the Machine nor the Elves.
(b) Only the Machine.
(c) Only the Elves.
(d) The Machine and the Elves.

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

3. After the Hobbits originate, where does the Dark Power that Tolkien describes in Letter #131 exist?
(a) Gondor.
(b) Rivendell.
(c) Mirkwood.
(d) Mordor.

4. Which one of Tolkien's books explains the history of Elvenkind?
(a) The Lord of the Rings.
(b) The Silmarillion.
(c) The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún.
(d) The Hobbit.

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 idea of living in an imaginary world.
(c) Fiction and the writing of an imaginary world.
(d) Real life and the writing of an imaginary world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provides the main order of the letters included in the book?

2. What has Tolkien found in his manuscript when he writes Letter #69?

3. How does Tolkien design the book, Farmer Giles of Ham?

4. How long is Tolkien separated from Edith, making his affection for her grow stronger?

5. Where does the conversation about accents take place that Tolkien discusses in his letter to Christopher?

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