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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of tables are associated with both A and B versions of the account of tongues?
(a) Genealogical.
(b) Generic.
(c) Argumentative.
(d) Summarical.

2. No matter how hard Melko tried to destroy it, Iluvatar would always use his discord to create _____.
(a) Sound.
(b) Life.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Poetry.

3. What siege lasted for more than two hundred years?
(a) Elfland.
(b) Angband.
(c) Humanoid.
(d) Orcville.

4. Who marched into Mithrim as the first sun rose in QS?
(a) Fingolfin.
(b) Listwood.
(c) Tolkien.
(d) Alqualonde.

5. What did the Later Annals set the stage for?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Quenta.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. By whose hand did the Dwarves come forth?

2. The QS explaineds that the Teleri were so named because they _____.

3. What were the Ainur?

4. Which seige in QS is described differently from in the Annals?

5. What fortress did Morgoth rebuild?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Iluvatar end the music?

2. How was Morgoth powerful and challenged in the year 273?

3. What changes occurred from the year 300 to 343?

4. How are Elves described in Q and QS manuscripts?

5. What battle is described in Chapter 16 of Part II?

6. What are some differences in Q and QS regarding races, such as the Silmarils and Orcs?

7. What did Tolkein do after getting back the QS from the publishers?

8. What is the significance of the Etymologies?

9. How does Part II, Chapter 6's content build the framework for the Lord of the Rings?

10. How did the music affect the learning of the people of Ainur?

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