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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. Which clans were reunited and their disputes settled, after the first fifty years of the Sun?

2. What did Tolkien write about when the QS came back from the publishers in 1937?

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

4. What does Q not contain a reference to that QS does?

5. Who took a third of Fingolfin's Gnomes and disappeared to Gondolin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Annals begin?

3. How did Melko change the music?

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

5. What new races arose after the year 51?

6. What was the battle that ensued in the year 51?

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

8. How did the Gnomish Wars end?

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

10. How were the Ainur created?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Violence occurs throughout the novel. Who is violent and to whom? What is killed or destroyed? What if anything is gained through violence or destruction? Which characters are challenged to act as a result of violence in The Lost Road and Other Writings?

Essay Topic 2

Dreams and nightmares play a large part in The Lost Road and Other Writings. How do dreams affect the story? How do they affect the main characters? Are the dreams entertaining or are they prophetic?

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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