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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, #6, to what college subject does Tolkien refer?
(a) History.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) English Literature.
(d) Middle English.

2. As mentioned by Tolkien in Letter #131, when do the Hobbits first come into being?
(a) The Fourth Age.
(b) The Third Age.
(c) The First Age.
(d) The Second Age.

3. How does Tolkien design the book, Farmer Giles of Ham?
(a) To be read in one sitting.
(b) To be read aloud.
(c) Not to be read aloud.
(d) To be read as several separate stories.

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) The endings of the letters.
(d) Personal information.

5. How long is the summary that Tolkien's new publisher asks him to write at the end of "Publisher Drama"?
(a) Two-hundred words.
(b) One-hundred words.
(c) Fifty words.
(d) One-hundred-and-fifty words.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tolkien's new publisher need a summary of the books?

2. How is the Machine described in Letter #131?

3. How many Rings of Power does the One Ring control?

4. Which of the following is the main thing that separates the Hobbits and the enemy?

5. Who is the person that Tolkien thanks, and is the recipient of Letter #130?

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