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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. 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.

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

3. What were the Elves called that were led by Orome?
(a) Orcs.
(b) Dark.
(c) Quendi.
(d) Light.

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

5. What kinds of trees that came after Laurelin and Silpion had different names in Q than QS?
(a) Wide.
(b) Short.
(c) Enchanted.
(d) Tall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose travel to Gondolin is first mentioned in the Annals of Beleriand?

2. The story of the discovery of _____ by Inglor and Turgon is derived from the Annals of Beleriand.

3. How many houses of men multiplied in the second age?

4. In Q, who is not mentioned as playing a role in making the Sun and the Moon?

5. What two towns were built before the Dwarves came forth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What were the Valur or Powers?

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

7. What new races arose after the year 51?

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

9. How did the author describe the Last Battle of the Ancient World?

10. What is the significance of the Etymologies?

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