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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. Which school is Tolkien attending when the first letter begins?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Yale.

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

3. What words does Tolkien use to replace "Elves"?
(a) Elfen and Elven.
(b) Elf and Elfen.
(c) Elf and Elven.
(d) Elf, Elfen, and Elven.

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

5. Who leads The Enemy in Tolkien's stories?
(a) Gollum.
(b) The Nazgul.
(c) Sauron.
(d) Saruman.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is left out of the letters included in "To Unwin about The Hobbit"?

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

5. Where is the man whose accent Tolkien refers to as "English after being wiped over with a dirty sponge" from?

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