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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, The Final Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of good news does Tolkien preview in Letter #185?
(a) Financial and personal.
(b) Neither financial nor personal.
(c) Financial.
(d) Personal.

2. Why does a woman think that a used book she purchased had been previously owned by Tolkien?
(a) Handwritten scripts in the book.
(b) His signature on the last page of the book.
(c) A letter of his folded in between two pages of the book.
(d) The owner of the used book store informs her that Tolkien had owned it.

3. When is Letter #185 written to Christopher and Faith Tolkien?
(a) July 9.
(b) June 9.
(c) March 19.
(d) April 19.

4. What is causing the culture of the Elves to suffer?
(a) The abundance of different cultures.
(b) The lack of resources.
(c) The limited education.
(d) The psychological effects of their immortality.

5. As explained in Letter #256, how long does Tolkien's current book take place after Mordor has collapsed?
(a) One hundred years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) One hundred and fifty years.
(d) Two hundred years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Belgians describe Tolkien in Letter #165?

2. Why does Tolkien think his new position at the university will be better received in Letter #182?

3. How long is Letter #182?

4. When does Tolkien write to Unwin about C.S. Lewis in "Now the Books Themselves"?

5. What does the publisher do after reading Tolkien's opinions of the cover designs?

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