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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. The Powers that came into the world include ______.
(a) Manwe, Ulmo, Aule, Orome, Tulkas, Osse, Mandos, Lorien, and Melko.
(b) Illuvatar, Ulmo, Aule, Orome, Tolkien, Osse, Mandos, Lorien, and Melko.
(c) Manwe, Vala, Aule, Orome, Tulkas, Osse, Mandos, Lorien, and Illuvatar.
(d) Valar, Ulmo, Aule, Orome, Tulkas, Osse, Mandos, Lorien, and Tolkien.

2. What does not come to Valinor?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Life.
(c) Death.
(d) Joy.

3. Who made lamps that light the world on pillars?
(a) Aule.
(b) Tolkein.
(c) Morgoth.
(d) Banning.

4. What was NOT a new term introduced in the manuscript about the globe?
(a) Sunsetland.
(b) Numenor.
(c) Loveland.
(d) Andunie.

5. Who would act as eyes according to Elendil?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Elendil.
(c) Audion.
(d) Albion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many trees did the Valinor create?

2. What could Albion have been named in different languages?

3. For Albion, what became more frequent, absorbing, and linguistic over time?

4. 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?

5. What was characteristic of the First Age built around the destruction of the trees?

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