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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. Who named Dor-Lomin "Hisilome?"
(a) The kindreds of men.
(b) The Elves of Kor.
(c) The Tunglin.
(d) The Gnomes.

2. Whom did the Gnomes of Nargothrond refuse to be lead by?
(a) Maidros.
(b) Finweg.
(c) Morgoth.
(d) The Elves.

3. What did Turgon do when people began to come from afar to listen to his songs?
(a) He played even louder.
(b) He went to the mountains.
(c) He went into the town.
(d) He felt shy and stopped playing.

4. What was the last Elf stronghold?
(a) Valinor.
(b) Gondolin.
(c) Hithlum.
(d) Dor-Lomin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who trapped Isfin?

2. What was the alternate name of the Balrog chief?

3. Who were the Noldoli?

4. What weapon were the Elves very good with?

5. Whose axe slayed a thousand Orcs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Name some major ways in which the Elves were different from the Men.

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

6. What two conflicts did the Gnomes face?

7. Who was to inherit the Earth, and what would become of the Elves?

8. Who was Melko, what was his alternate name, and why was he given this alternate name?

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

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

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