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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 wounded Feanor in battle?
(a) A Balrog Chief.
(b) The King of the Orcs.
(c) Morgoth.
(d) A gnome.

2. What was Turgon's harp strung with?
(a) Roots from the ground.
(b) Vines from the trees.
(c) Stems from plants.
(d) The sinews of bears.

3. To whom were the Outer Lands given?
(a) The Men.
(b) The Elves.
(c) The sons of Feanor.
(d) Turin.

4. Who lead Turin to Nargothrond?
(a) The Gnomes.
(b) Morwen.
(c) Flinding.
(d) Morgoth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons did Feanor have?

2. With what did Christopher Tolkien open each section of text?

3. What pass did Morgoth escape through?

4. What were the people called who began to dwell around the lake of Mithrim?

5. Whom did the Gnomes of Nargothrond refuse to be lead by?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on what you have read in Chapter 1, what do you predict about Morgoth throughout the story?

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

3. Who was Gelmir, who were his people, and why was he important to the story?

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

5. Who was the king of the Eagles, and how was he important after Fingolin's death?

6. Why did Morgoth want to destroy the Eldar?

7. Why were the Elves immortal?

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

9. How did Fingolin die?

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

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