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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, Chapter 3, The Later Annals of Beleriand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After what event did the first Annals begin?
(a) The death of the Moon.
(b) The birth of a star.
(c) The first uprising of the Sun.
(d) The conflict over the Moon.

2. Part Two contains ALL of the following except _____.
(a) Annals of Valinor.
(b) The Silmarillion.
(c) Valar of Annui.
(d) Music of the Ainur.

3. What were the Silmarils?
(a) Books.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Letters.
(d) Art supplies.

4. What aspect of the Numenoreans was attributed only to the Valar as a gift?
(a) Longevity.
(b) Love.
(c) Power.
(d) Strength.

5. Who was Earendel and Elwing's only child?
(a) Elsie.
(b) Eric.
(c) Elder.
(d) Elrond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fled from the land of the Valar with the Silmarils?

2. What year did Tolkien write about the legend?

3. When the pillars were broken, what did the Gods make, surrounding it with mountains?

4. Who took a third of Fingolfin's Gnomes and disappeared to Gondolin?

5. What was NOT a new term introduced in the manuscript about the globe?

(see the answer key)

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