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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 did the Gods do after their retreat?
(a) They caused earthquakes.
(b) They made Middle-earth.
(c) They imprisoned Morgoth.
(d) They created Valinor.

2. Who could escape from Vista?
(a) The Elves.
(b) Manwe's servant and others he permits.
(c) The Gnomes.
(d) Men.

3. Who awoke in the East at the first Dawn?
(a) Gnomes.
(b) Elves.
(c) Men.
(d) The Valar.

4. What did the Gods do to Middle-earth to protect themselves?
(a) They destroyed Middle-earth.
(b) They lit Middle-earth.
(c) They bent Middle-earth.
(d) They darkened Middle-earth.

5. Who was thought to have written the Annals?
(a) Pengolod.
(b) Morgoth.
(c) The Noldoli.
(d) The Valar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the air called that lies above Vista?

2. What were the Marshes of Sirion called on the later map?

3. Who assaulted the world of the Gods?

4. What was the name of Melko's original fortress?

5. What was the Ambarkanta called?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think the maps in Chapter 4 were included in the book?

2. What is the alternate name for the Ambarkanta and what is the Ambarkanta?

3. When did the Gods retreat, and after their retreat, what did they create?

4. What happened in Year 500?

5. Whose treasure did Morgoth steal and what was the treasure?

6. Which map depicts where Angband was located during the period of Hurin's children, and which battle was placed on this map?

7. Where was the Land of the Sun and how much was known about this place?

8. Why were the Westward and Eastward Extension maps drawn, and how much did they overlap the main map?

9. What were the Orc Mountains, and what region did they cover?

10. Would you understand the maps in Chapter 4 without the commentaries?

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