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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, The Fall of Numenor and the Lost Road, Chapters 1-2, The Early History of the Legend, The Fall of Numenor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were given limited permission to sail only as far west as Tol-eressea?
(a) The Andunies.
(b) The Lovelanders.
(c) The Numenoreans.
(d) The Roadguns.

2. What year did Tolkien write about the legend?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1978.

3. What was Tolkien's son's name?
(a) Christopher.
(b) Scott.
(c) James.
(d) Mark.

4. What was the final scene that shows the legend that Tolkien intended to write about?
(a) The Downfall of Numenor.
(b) The Beginning of Paradise.
(c) The Rise of Avalon.
(d) The Death of Love.

5. What did Tolkien intend to write a new version of?
(a) The Transportation legend.
(b) The Official legend.
(c) The Atlantis legend.
(d) The Narrator legend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Elros?

2. What were the ships west of the isle drawn into?

3. In the second version of The Fall of Numenor, what was the manuscript?

4. Who wrote the second manuscript?

5. In what year did Tolkien recount a discussion he had with C.S. Lewis, where they decided who would write stories about two of the big "plot devices" of the day?

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