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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) 1945.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1965.

2. Which document showed the Numenoreans interested in long life?
(a) Last one.
(b) Middle one.
(c) Later one.
(d) Early one.

3. What were the Numenoreans not obsessed with?
(a) Life.
(b) Death.
(c) Joy.
(d) Love.

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

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?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who made the World into a globe?

3. What setting is Tolkien most known for?

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

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

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