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, Chapter 3, The Later Annals of Beleriand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Morgoth send earthquakes?
(a) 101.
(b) 34.
(c) 23.
(d) 51.

2. When Morgoth moved north, what was broken between the earth and water?
(a) Lines.
(b) Divisions.
(c) Symmetry.
(d) Breaks.

3. In what year was the city Valmar created?
(a) 900.
(b) 400.
(c) 500.
(d) 1000.

4. Where did the Noldorian Elves roam for the first fifty years of the Sun?
(a) Lost Road.
(b) Valinor.
(c) Beleriand.
(d) Streetside.

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

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. What siege lasted for more than two hundred years?

3. In the late 200s, who came to power and attempted to stop Morgoth?

4. Who were given limited permission to sail only as far west as Tol-eressea?

5. Who were unable to recapture the Silmarils during the siege of two hundred years?

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