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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Valinor and Middle-Earth before The Lord of the Rings, Chapter 6, Quenta Silmarillion, Part Three, The Etymologies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Ainur exist before?
(a) Change.
(b) Time.
(c) Death.
(d) Renewal.

2. What year did Tolkien write about the legend?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1965.

3. What two towns were built before the Dwarves came forth?
(a) Nargothrond and Gondolin.
(b) Dwarf land and Elf land.
(c) Elf land and Gondor.
(d) Turgon and Morgoth.

4. What is returned to Fingolfin, in QS, after Feanor's death?
(a) Books.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Goods.
(d) Letters.

5. What was a source for the Creation passages in the Quenta Silmarillion?
(a) Tolkien.
(b) Ainulindale.
(c) Listwind.
(d) Ainur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tolkien see Pengolod as?

2. When the Trees were destroyed, what did the Gods make?

3. How many trees did the Valinor create?

4. Who would act as eyes according to Elendil?

5. What did Morgoth forge during the siege of two hundred years?

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