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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. In the account of the Siege of Angband, in chapter eight, Tolkien relies heavily on _____.
(a) Annals of Orcs.
(b) Annals of Elves.
(c) Annals of Valinor.
(d) Annals of Morgoth.

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

3. In QS, the Light-elves are changed to what?
(a) Short-elves.
(b) Tall-elves.
(c) Big-elves.
(d) High-elves.

4. Which creatures did Morgoth send into Beleriand?
(a) Gnomes.
(b) Humans.
(c) Orcs.
(d) Elves.

5. How many houses of men multiplied in the second age?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Valar use to name and glorify things in the world?

2. What did Tolkien see Pengolod as?

3. What is another name for the "Account of Tongues"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Melko change the music?

6. What are some differences between Q and QS manuscripts?

7. How did the Valar distinguish themselves?

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

9. How is the Ainulindale described in Part Two?

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

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