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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who grew old forests?
(a) Marcus.
(b) McArthur.
(c) Yavanna.
(d) Valinor.

2. What did C.S. Lewis choose to write about in a trilogy?
(a) Blood.
(b) Love.
(c) Space travel.
(d) Allegory.

3. What was characteristic of the First Age built around the destruction of the trees?
(a) Conflict.
(b) Peace.
(c) Discussion.
(d) Sharing.

4. Whose return was mentioned in some manuscripts and ignored in others?
(a) Silmarron.
(b) Schuster.
(c) Daimon.
(d) Morgoth.

5. Who made the World into a globe?
(a) Vinland.
(b) Valkryie.
(c) Valar.
(d) Vora.

6. The Valar did not measure time until what was completed?
(a) Vanimor.
(b) Valinor.
(c) VMF - 290.
(d) VMF - 245.

7. What aspect of the Numenoreans was attributed only to the Valar as a gift?
(a) Love.
(b) Strength.
(c) Power.
(d) Longevity.

8. Who was the first King of Numenor?
(a) Morgoth.
(b) Elrond.
(c) Eric.
(d) Schuster.

9. What is another name for the Powers that came into the world of Valinor?
(a) Valar.
(b) Illuvatar.
(c) Vala.
(d) Tolkien.

10. Which manuscript was set aside when the material was sent out for publication?
(a) Annals of Valinor.
(b) Valar of Annui.
(c) Music of the Ainur.
(d) Simarillion.

11. What languages were not considered classical?
(a) Northern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Western.
(d) Southern.

12. Who made the pillars on which the lamps that light the world were placed?
(a) Tolkien.
(b) Morgoth.
(c) Aule.
(d) Banning.

13. What kind of leader was Manwe?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Seedy.
(c) Great.
(d) Difficult.

14. 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?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1978.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the pillars were broken, what did the Gods make, surrounding it with mountains?

2. What were the ships west of the isle drawn into?

3. What occurred in the Great Sea appeared east of Tol-eressea?

4. Who discussed the Germanic people known for their ferocity?

5. Whose theology does Elendil explain to Herendil?

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