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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 development bore on how to date the manuscript?
(a) Visual.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Textual.
(d) Literary.

2. Who was mentioned in the typescript?
(a) Gondor.
(b) Germans.
(c) Jason.
(d) Jezebel.

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

4. What followed the second manuscript?
(a) A leaflet.
(b) A letter.
(c) A typescript.
(d) A book.

5. Who was the first King of Numenor?
(a) Eric.
(b) Schuster.
(c) Morgoth.
(d) Elrond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the 2 plot devices Tolkien discussed with C.S. Lewis?

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

3. Whose return was mentioned in some manuscripts and ignored in others?

4. What did Tolkien intend to write a new version of?

5. What did C.S. Lewis choose to write about in a trilogy?

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