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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, Chapter 3, The Later Annals of Beleriand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were unable to recapture the Silmarils during the siege of two hundred years?
(a) Morgoth.
(b) Orcs.
(c) Elves.
(d) Gnomes.

2. After what event did the first Annals begin?
(a) The conflict over the Moon.
(b) The birth of a star.
(c) The death of the Moon.
(d) The first uprising of the Sun.

3. Who fled from the land of the Valar with the Silmarils?
(a) Christopher.
(b) Quenta.
(c) Morgoth.
(d) Tolkien.

4. Who wrote the second manuscript?
(a) Tolkien.
(b) Mallory.
(c) Bill.
(d) Marge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Later Annals and ______ is the second manuscript of its type mentioned in Part Two.

2. What story by Tolkien had only the introduction and end?

3. 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?

4. In comparison to others, what spiritual inclination did Manwe have?

5. Which creatures did Morgoth send into Beleriand?

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