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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. Who was Feanor's father?

2. Who took Maidros captive?

3. To whom were the Outer Lands given?

4. What man did the prophecy speak of?

5. Who told Feanor that Finnweg and Fingolfin planned to take away his leadership of the Gnomes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who made two lamps to light the world and what happened to them?

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

3. What happened to many of the messengers that attempted to take the road from Outer-Earth to Valinor?

4. Who was the chief of the Dark-Elves and what was he enchanted by?

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

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

7. What two conflicts did the Gnomes face?

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

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

10. Why did Morgoth want to destroy the Eldar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the Silmarils and their importance in Morgoth's eyes.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Balrogs and analyze their role in The Terrible Last Battle. For whom did they fight and why did they fight?

Essay Topic 3

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

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