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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. What tale did Turlin and the Exiles of Gondolin relate to?
(a) The Rise of Gondolin.
(b) The Fall of Gondolin.
(c) The Victory of Gondolin.
(d) The Songs of Gondolin.

2. Whom did Tuor attempt to rescue from the sack of the city?
(a) Feanor.
(b) Glorfindel.
(c) Morgoth.
(d) Idril.

3. Who was sent to put Morgoth in chains?
(a) Feanor.
(b) Tulcas.
(c) Alvardi.
(d) Finnweg.

4. Who was Turgon's sister?
(a) Sirion.
(b) Amon.
(c) Meglin.
(d) Isfin.

5. Who was Hurin's wife?
(a) Nienor.
(b) Morwen.
(c) Doriath.
(d) An Orc.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Gnomes meet at Angband?

2. Who was the mother of Turin?

3. Who were the Noldoli?

4. Whom did Tuor take with him to sail on his ship?

5. Where was Finrod killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two conflicts did the Gnomes face?

2. Who was Feanor and why was he important in the story?

3. Why did Christopher Tolkien add commentary to the prose fragments?

4. What did Ulmo want the Valinor to do and why?

5. Did J.R.R. Tolkien describe the Gnomes in Chapter 1?

6. What other name could the Gnomes be called, and how did they come to be known as Gnomes?

7. How did the Men and Elves behave with each other?

8. What is prose, what are prose fragments, and why were they used throughout Chapter 1?

9. Who made the Silmarils, what were they, and how were they kept safe?

10. Who created the World, what was his name, which beings did he create first, and which beings did he create second?

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