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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. What were the alternate names for orcs?

2. What was the name of the highest of the Iron Mountains surrounding Morgoth's fortress?

3. Whom did Morgoth give jewels?

4. What was the alternate name for "the folk of the harp?"

5. What was the alternate name for the encampment of Mithrim?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Fingolin die?

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

5. In what ways did Morgoth cause trouble?

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

7. What major mistake did the Valar make with Morgoth?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Melko and explain why the Gnomes named him Morgoth Bauglir.

Essay Topic 2

What do the Walls of The World surround and what is their purpose?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the Elves particular type of immortality. Can Elves be killed?

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