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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. In Q, the Valar are explained in what tense?

2. What were the five types of speech developed by the Noldor?

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

4. What did the Ainur entering the world become?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Elves and Men learn about the world?

2. How is the Ainulindale described in Part Two?

3. How did the Elves name themselves?

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

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

6. What new races arose after the year 51?

7. What were the Valur or Powers?

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

9. How did the Annals begin?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tolkein is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of metaphor or allusion, briefly describe it, and identify the technique which it embodies.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role of family in The Lost Road and Other Writings. What does family mean for Albion? What does family mean for Audoin? How are these definitions similar? Is family supportive and in what ways? How do these definitions compare to a traditional family in medieval England?

Essay Topic 3

The Lost Road and Other Writings is written primarily in the third-person point of view. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the first-person perspective of Albion or Audoin?

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