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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. Where did the Elves live?

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

3. Where did the Gnomes gather by torchlight in the last segment of Chapter 1?

4. What did Turgon do when people began to come from afar to listen to his songs?

5. Who was Turgon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Morgoth want to destroy the Eldar?

4. In what ways did Morgoth cause trouble?

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

6. What qualities did Morgoth possess, and were any of them good?

7. How did Chapter 2 differ from Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

Describe the days and nights in Valinor. How do the days in Valinor differ from the days in Middle-earth?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Valar. How many chieftains did they have?

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