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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Publisher Drama.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Letter #131, what reason does Tolkien reveal for creating his alternate world of fiction?
(a) To make a world that is completely unbelievable in every way.
(b) To provide an example for how a society should be constructed.
(c) To recreate a world that he had read about as a child.
(d) To fill the English people's need for their own fairy tale.

2. How is the Machine described in Letter #131?
(a) Disciplined, but not industrialized.
(b) Industrialized and disciplined.
(c) Industrialized, but undisciplined.
(d) Neither disciplined nor industrialized.

3. What invention does Tolkien make when writing the poem being discussed with Unwin?
(a) A new genre.
(b) A new world.
(c) A new word.
(d) A new meter.

4. Where does the friendship between the Elves and the Dwarves that Tolkien refers to in Letter #131 take place?
(a) Mordor.
(b) The Misty Mountains.
(c) Fangorn Forest.
(d) The Shire.

5. In what year does Tolkien become disturbed by the length of time to publish The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Silmarillion?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1948.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Hobbits originate, where does the Dark Power that Tolkien describes in Letter #131 exist?

2. What will the alteration mean for the book Tolkien is writing in Letter #128?

3. How does Tolkien originally respond to Unwin's request about the poem?

4. How does Tolkien describe the alteration he is contemplating making to his manuscript in Letter #128?

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

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