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

2. How old was Albion when Oswin thought his interest in languages was a waste of time?
(a) 13.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

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

4. For how many years did bliss rule while Morgoth was dark?
(a) 500.
(b) 1000.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

5. What were the two trees called that the Valinor created?
(a) Marcus and McArthur.
(b) Priest and Priestley.
(c) Tolkein and Jezebel.
(d) Laurelin and Silpion.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where was Elendil from?

3. Whom did Albion lose after he got his professorship?

4. Which gates reappeared from the Lost Tales?

5. What earlier manuscript is mentioned in Part Two?

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