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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the greatest of the Ainur take on as they taught the Elves and Men?

3. In what year were Hurin and Huor born?

4. Who asks forgiveness for desertion after Feanor's death?

5. What were the lingerers called who did not follow Orome to Valinor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Annals begin?

2. How is the Ainulindale described in Part Two?

3. How were the Ainur created?

4. What was the conflict in the year 347?

5. What happened in the year 397?

6. How did the Ainur learn about the future of the world?

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

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

9. What did Morgoth rebuild and create in the world?

10. Why did Iluvatar end the music?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Magic and the supernatural are discussed throughout the novel. Identify magical and supernatural elements in characters, objects, and events. How does Albion's power separate her from others? Does the possession of magical or supernatural powers result in heroic action? Why or why not? Explain in reference to the characters of Albion, Audoin, and the other principal characters.

Essay Topic 2

Tolkien uses more than one instance of irony in The Lost Road and Other Writings. Cite at least two examples you can identify in the book and note why they are examples of irony.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Audoin's fall from grace. How does this relate to a religious concept of the fallen angel? Is Audoin's temptation similar to that of Lucifer in hell? What parallels do you see in Tolkein's tale to that of the Bible?

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