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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, Chapters 1-2, The Texts and Their Relations, The Later Annals of Valinor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occurred in the Great Sea appeared east of Tol-eressea?
(a) A hole.
(b) A dungeon.
(c) A rift.
(d) A bluff.

2. What was the language Albion remembered in a vision as a boy?
(a) Elf-language.
(b) Norwegian.
(c) Irish.
(d) Eressean.

3. Who did Albion name his son after?
(a) His sister.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

4. What did Tolkien choose to write about in a trilogy?
(a) Time travel.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Guts.
(d) War.

5. What did Oswin wish he was, so he could travel with Albion?
(a) Younger.
(b) Smarter.
(c) Quicker.
(d) Stronger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Elendil mean in Eressian?

3. Who made the pillars on which the lamps that light the world were placed?

4. What did Albion wish was longer, so he could study languages?

5. What were the Numenoreans not obsessed with?

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