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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Valinor and Middle-Earth before The Lord of the Rings, Chapters 4-5, Ainulindale, The Lhammas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years are in an age of the Valar?
(a) 200.
(b) 300.
(c) 1000.
(d) 100.

2. Whose biography bears similarities to Tolkien's own life?
(a) Elendil.
(b) Audion.
(c) Johann.
(d) Albion.

3. Whom did Albion lose after he got his professorship?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

4. What did Iluvatar teach the Ainur?
(a) Musical themes.
(b) Reading.
(c) Writing.
(d) Art.

5. What languages did Albion enjoy learning?
(a) Latin, Greek, Old English, Norse, Welsh, and Irish.
(b) Russian, English, Greek, Latin, Welsh, and French.
(c) Latin, Greek, Italian, German, and French.
(d) French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which manuscript was set aside when the material was sent out for publication?

2. Whose theology does Elendil explain to Herendil?

3. What did the Ainur entering the world become?

4. What is another name for the "Account of Tongues"?

5. Who would act as eyes according to Elendil?

(see the answer key)

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