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

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

3. In the second version of The Fall of Numenor, what was the manuscript?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Clear.
(c) Misguided.
(d) Large.

4. Which gates reappeared from the Lost Tales?
(a) Of Life.
(b) Of Evening.
(c) Of Death.
(d) Of Morning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the the Elf-king in Beleriand?

2. What followed the second manuscript?

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

4. Who wrote the second manuscript?

5. Who made the World into a globe?

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